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State your opinion. Spain earned enormous wealth as a result of its colony in America. - History

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State your opinion.

Spain earned enormous wealth as a result of its colony in America.

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Spanish colonizers brought slaves from Africa to cultivate sugarcane and tobacco in the American fields. However, once the Spanish discovered the mines of gold and silver, they concentrated more on mining the precious metals than agriculture. They established control over the entire coastline of South America. The coastal region from Florida to California was held by the Spanish. Here, they engaged the native Americans and the African slaves in farming. Farming and mining earned them enormous wealth.

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Chapter 2: European Colonialism - State your opinion

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