What Was the Purpose of the New Laws for the Indies

question 16

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the New Laws for the Indies?

• A) To allocate land in the Americas to Spanish settlers.
• B) To celebrate the expansion of Catholicism.
• C) To declare that the territories of the Western Hemisphere belonged to Spain.
• D) To alleviate abuses of the indigenous population.
• E) To establish a Spanish system of government in the Empire.

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