Spain was eclipsed by Holland and England in economic power for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. Inflation caused by gold and silver from the Americas
b. a labor shortage in Spain itself because so many Spaniards went to the Americas
c. Slave revolts
d. Over-taxation in Spain
e. Lack of reinvestment
c
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