Question

To support the mining centers and administrative cities, the Spanish colonial government ___________ the development of agricultural estates (haciendas).

Answer 1

These are the options for the question:

a. Encouraged.

b. Suppressed.

c. Heavily taxed.

d. Dismissed as impractical.

And the correct answer is:

a. Encouraged.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Spanish encouraged the development of large agricultural estates or haciendas in order to provide much needed food to the sorrounding cities, and mining centers in the area.

For example, in New Spain (modern day Mexico), there were large haciendas the mining areas of Guanajuato, in central Mexico. There were also many near the capital of the colony: Mexico City.