What was the most important commodity of the West Indies for the French and British?
a. Sugar.
b. Cotton.
c. Rice.
d. Tobacco.
e. Indigo.
Question 2
What accounted for the drop of Spain's importance as a commercial power in the seventeenth century?
a. Focus on the South American empire
b. Overextension as they tried to control the Asian market.
c. A drop in the output of the silver mines and poverty of the Spanish monarchy
d. Overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty during the Seven Year's War
e. Piracy of Spanish galleons by British Man o' War ships.
Anatomically modern humans left archaeological clues, including evidence of burials, which indicate
Maps are important tools in political science as they help us see relationships between politics and
War in the West, 1862
Aztecs confront the Spaniards, from Diego de Durán's History of the Indies of New Spain.
Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc)
Access to clean drinking water is just as important as adequate nutrition for human health