How did Spanish rule change the Americas? Spanish rule changed the Americas in many ways for better and for worse. Spanish rule in the Americas resulted in religious, economic, social and political changes. These changes influenced the native people greatly. Ruling the Americas there needed to be political changes. The Spanish wanted to keep control of the empire. So they set up the Council of the Indies that passed laws for the colonies. The Native …
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…mix of people and a new social structure was created. The highest class were the peninsulares which were the Spanish, then were the creoles which were American born descendants of the Spanish. The lowest social class were the Native Americans and the African slaves. The Spanish brought upon many more changes to the Americas and the settlers. These changes resulted in positive and negative effects, though I think it was more of a positive effect.