How did Spain become the dominant European power after the discovery of the New

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How did Spain become the dominant European power after the discovery of the New World?

A. Growing food crops for export to Europe near the eastern shores of North America.

B. By using slave labor to produce hugely profitable sugar.

C. Conquest if indigenous peoples allowed vast quantities of precious metals and gems to flow into Spain.

D. Sailing into the North American continent to set up fur trading outfits.

A. Growing food crops for export to Europe near the eastern shores of North America.

B. By using slave labor to produce hugely profitable sugar.

C. Conquest if indigenous peoples allowed vast quantities of precious metals and gems to flow into Spain.

D. Sailing into the North American continent to set up fur trading outfits.

New world helped the Spain to become the dominant europEur power by enslaving the carribean insladers and used them in crops growing.

So, the correct answer is an option (B).

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