Like Many Other European Colonies in the New World,New Spain

question 33

Multiple Choice

Like many other European colonies in the New World,New Spain developed a pattern of social organization in which

• A) Europeans became a dominant minority.
• B) Indians gradually obtained equality.
• C) everyone participated in an egalitarian society.
• D) people shared the same cultural characteristics.

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