Question

based on this table and your knowledge of social studies, how did british interests in the new world differ from spanish interests?
a the spanish emphasized mineral wealth, but the british focused on establishing colonies.
b the spanish wanted to create a christian country, but the british wanted to establish a slave trade.
c the spanish wanted to exterminate other races, but the british wanted to create a multicultural society.
d the spanish wanted to found centrally governed colonies, while the british wanted to develop small villages.

(table:)
spain

• acquire gold and other riches
• establish missions to convert native populations
• create small communities of native people
• governed by individual spaniards

britain

• set up profitable cash crop operations
• prevent spanish expansion
• acquire more land for colonial development

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the Spanish and British colonial interests from the table. Spanish goals included acquiring gold, controlling natives, and centralized governance. British goals were cash crops, preventing Spanish expansion, and land for colonial development. Option A states Spanish emphasized mineral wealth (gold) and British focused on colonies, which matches. Option B's "create a Christian country" and "slave trade" don't align. Option C's "exterminate" and "multicultural" are incorrect. Option D's "small villages" for British is wrong (British focused on cash crops/land development). So A is correct.

Answer:

A. The Spanish emphasized mineral wealth, but the British focused on establishing colonies.