The efforts of the Spanish to explore and colonize the Americas went largely unchallenged, until the English turned their attention towards the New World in the late

A. 1400s.

B. 1500s.

C. 1600s.

D. 1700s.

The answer is letter B. 1500s. As the Spaniards rigorously colonized and explored the America during the early of the year 1500s, their efforts became undisputed. But, during the late 1500s, the English started to focus their attention to the New World. This attraction was based on wealth, and later on, on religion.