The Sale of Most American Colonial Offices by the Spanish

question 42

Multiple Choice

The sale of most American colonial offices by the Spanish crown ultimately led to all but one of the following:

• A) a reduction in the military cost of protecting Spain's New World possessions
• B) a decline in the competence level of office holders
• C) the emergence of a Creole elite able to bend the Spanish administration increasingly to its will
• D) the decentralization of the decision-making processes

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