In the early seventeenth century, the French, English and Dutch started occupying smaller unclaimed Caribbean islands which they then used to launch raids on Spanish colonies in order to disrupt Spain’s monopoly on shipping between Europe and its Caribbean possessions, eventually taking some of these Spanish outposts. Most notable among these conquered Spanish outposts was Jamaica, taken by the English, and _________, taken by the French.
a. Cuba
b. Western Hispaniola
c. Puerto Rico
d. The Bahamas
b. Western Hispaniola
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a. Greco-Roman culture. b. Germanic culture. c. Slavic culture. d. Roman Christianity.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.