Why did the Spanish want to convert American peoples to Christianity? How did the Spanish try to convert the American Indians?

The first step would be to convert the indigenous people to Christianity. Apart from spiritual conquest via religious conversion, Spain wanted to pacify territories with extractable natural resources such as iron, tin, copper, salt, silver, gold, hardwoods, tar, and other similar resources that might be exploited by investors.

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a.indigo and cochineal

b.animal hides

c.silver and gold

e.cacao beans and sugarcane