What Significant Action Did the English Privateer John Hawkins Perform

question 3

Multiple Choice

What significant action did the English privateer John Hawkins perform in 1562?

• A)He became the first person to introduce African slaves to an English colony in the Americas.
• B)He convinced the Spanish king to award him the asiento de negroes,the exclusive right to sell African slaves in the Spanish colonies.
• C)He introduced the sugar crop to the Caribbean,thereby creating an immensely profitable enterprise.
• D)He instigated a long-term English effort to smuggle African slaves into the colonies of Spanish America.

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