Which of the Following Statements Was Not True of the Spanish

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements was not true of the Spanish colonial administration in the New World?

• A)All Indians were enslaved and all Indian land was confiscated.
• B)The Spanish monarch promoted a broad-based debate about the rights of Amerindians and religious conversion.
• C)The Council of the Indies provided centralized supervision.
• D)The New World was divided into two viceroyalties: New Spain and Peru.
• E)Many official documents, especially in New Spain, were written in Nahuatl, the Aztec language.

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