Most of the carnage of the New World was unintentional. Europe brought over smallpox and other diseases which devastated the native populations. One wonders why the New World diseases did not do the same thing to Europe .
I was referring to the forced conversion of the native populations.
This happened because the Spanish had to become ruthless to expel the Muslims after 800 years of occupation. And just at that moment in time the new world was discovered.
Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella expelled the Muslims from Spain in 1492... the exact year the New World was discovered.
syphilis was brought back to Europe from the New World