The conquistadores
A. eventually lost control and were replaced with formal rule by the Spanish crown.
B. in turn were defeated by French forces.
C. eventually died of the very same smallpox they had unwittingly introduced to the Americas.
D. established empires in Central and South America that lasted until the eighteenth century.
E. lost control because of a bloody battle between the forces of Cortés and Pizarro.
Answer: A
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