What was the purpose of the spanish colonies?

For example, the Spain sold the Philppine archipelago for $20,000,000 after colonizing it for 333 years. Simply, through the Treaty of Paris, the United States got all the remaining countries colonized by the Spanish empire. Before Spain sold the country, it used its resources, man power, everything that they could use to improve their economy.

answer; /// i believe that the correct answer is ; /// renaissance,printing press, age of exploration and protestant reformation;

the best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the second choice "less supportive to the war of 1812"

the war of 1812 was a military conflict that lasted from june 1812 to february 1815, fought between the united states of america and the united kingdom, its north american colonies, and its native american allies.

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