By the Mid-Seventeenth Century, Spain Had Lost Its Pre-Eminence in Europe

question 30

Multiple Choice

By the mid-seventeenth century, Spain had lost its pre-eminence in Europe for all of the following reasons except

• A)declining shipments of silver from America.
• B)the loss of the United Provinces and the failed attempt to permanently annex Portugal.
• C)the patent incompetence of its leaders.
• D)growing upheaval in its Italian possessions.
• E)New World industries began to compete with Spain for markets.

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