How did the conquest of new lands most directly contribute to economic growth? Conquests resulted in the rise of new empires. Conquests led to the acquisition of new labor and capital. Conquests offered excitement and adventure to soldiers. Conquests sped up the development of military technologies. Please help me

The Spanish, English, and French were the most powerful nations to establish empires in the new lands. Conquest of Latin America by the Spanish Empire Beginning with the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish Empire expanded for four centuries (1492–1892) across most of present-day Central America, the Caribbean islands, Mexico ...

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