Spain in North America

Spain in North America (8) _, the first Spaniard to land on the 9. mainland of North America, was searching for gold and the (9) .Tales of the seven cities of 10. gold told by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca in 1536 inspired the explorations of (10) _and . (11) 12. Spanish Rule "The Spanish developed a complex 13. (12)_system in the Americas. The Spanish government granted each conquistador the right 14. to demand taxes or labor from the Native Americans, which turned the Native Americans

15. into (13) _. Bartolome de Las Casas helped improve conditions for Native Americans. By the mid-1500s, however, the Spanish had forced (14) _to work as slaves on the Spanish tobacco and sugarcane ( 15)