The Spanish monopoly of the New World was broken with:
A) Vasco da Gama's voyages.
B) the French successfully seizing Louisiana in 1564.
C) the French defeat of the Spanish at St. Augustine in 1607.
D) the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Answer: D
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