What is one asset that made the new Spanish lands in the Americas so valuable to Spain?

a. The willingness of the Native populations to support the Spanish.

b. The gold, silver and plantation crops shipped back to Spain.

c. The ability to send all convicts from Spain to the Americas.

d. The millions of new converts to the Catholic religion.

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Lorelei Sanchez

6 February, 01:12

What is one asset that made the new Spanish lands in the Americas so valuable to Spain?

a. The willingness of the Native populations to support the Spanish.

b. The gold, silver and plantation crops shipped back to Spain.

c. The ability to send all convicts from Spain to the Americas.

d. The millions of new converts to the Catholic religion.

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Anabel Burton · Answer 1

The lands at the Latin America is so valuable to the empire of Spain because these lands could easily sustain the Spanish economy due to its rich deposits of gold and silver, and also the plantation crops that are getting exported to the mainland Spain, and eventually made it a global power.