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.
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