Weegy: The highest-ranking Spanish officials in the colonies enjoyed broad power because d. Spain was far away. User: The most important agent for transmitting European beliefs, language, and culture in Spanish America and Brazil was the a. the Lantern Council. b. Council of the Indies. c. Spanish and Portuguese armies. d. plantation system. e. Catholic Church. Weegy: The answer is E. the Catholic Church. User: The most influential defender of Amerindians in the early colonial period was a. Diego Mendez. b. Juan de Zumárraga. c. Bishop Diego de Landa. d. Bartolomé de las Casas. e. Aldo Suarez. Weegy: The answer is: d. Bartolomé de las Casas. User: The economic development of the colonies in Mexico and Peru was dominated by a. copper mining and cattle ranching. b. rice plantations and bronze mining. c. silver mining and sugar plantations. d. diamond mining and wheat plantations. e. gold mining and cotton plantations. Weegy: The answer is C. c. silver mining and sugar plantations. User: An encomienda was a. a disease of the lower intestine. b. a plantation for growing sugar. c. a form of forced labor and tribute. d. a plantation for mining precious metals. e. an agreement with Amerindians. Weegy: The answer is c. a form of forced labor and tribute. (More)

Weegy: Creole User: The Spanish attempted to protect and control trade to the colonies by a. investing in new navigational education programs. b. allowing the colonies to be free and independent. c. supporting a series of independent communes in America. d. hiring Austrian shipping companies to conduct trade. e. using convoy systems. (More)

Weegy: The two groups of Protestant dissenters that colonized New England were b. Puritans and Pilgrims. (More)

Weegy: The leaders of French expansion, the Coureur de Bois, were Indian fur traders. User: The two groups of Protestant dissenters that colonized New England were a. Quakers and Shakers. b. Puritans and Pilgrims. c. Questers and Seekers. d. Congregationalists and Presbyterians. e. Shakers and Mormons. (More)

Weegy: extract resources and convert the population to christianity User: The Amerindian enemies of the French were the Weegy: The Iroqouis were the enemy of the Indian Allies of the French. The Iroquois were British Allies. ChaCha Again! User: In French Canada, Jesuit efforts to convert the native people to Christianity led to the (More)