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The document summarizes the history of the conquest of America from its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492 to the exploitation of silver mines in Potosí in the 16th century. The conquest brought diseases and violence that decimated indigenous peoples, but it also uncovered large amounts of gold and silver that enriched the Spanish crown. The silver from Potosí boosted the economy but also brought suffering to the forced laborers in the mines.

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