The Event That Contributed Most to Spain's Seventeenth-Century Crisis Was

question 28

Multiple Choice

The event that contributed most to Spain's seventeenth-century crisis was

• A) the expulsion of Spain's converted Moors.
• B) the decline of Spanish industry.
• C) population decline as a result of epidemics.
• D) the decline in the inflow of American treasure after 1650.

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Multiple Causation

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