Which of These Was Not Mentioned in José Antonio Areche's

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of these was not mentioned in José Antonio Areche's report on Mexico's economy?

• A) Landowners paid wages in goods rather than cash and treated their workers badly.
• B) Spain slowed Mexico's development by extracting 500 million pesos of its silver output.
• C) Spanish merchants engaged in the forced sale of goods to indigenous communities.
• D) Landed estates were inefficient, heavily indebted, and relied on primitive tilling methods.

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