Why Did Spain Not Involve Itself in the Acquisition of Colonies

question 1

Multiple Choice

Why did Spain not involve itself in the acquisition of colonies while other European countries gained territories?

• A) Spain's population was so meager that it could not afford to have citizens migrate beyond its borders.
• B) Several European countries continued to hold grudges against Spain; therefore, at every turn, Spanish emigrants were blocked or thwarted in their attempts to gain territory.
• C) Spain had seldom been involved in colonial expansion; the mentality opposed to colonization carried on into the modern era.
• D) The Catholic inhabitants in Spain, the majority of Spanish people, were averse to colonization.
• E) Spain had lost its colonies to the United States in the Spanish-American War of 1898.

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