What was the Spanish response from 1769 through the 1790s to English explorations and Russian fur-trading activities on the Pacific coast?
A) creating a string of Spanish missions, forts, and settlements from San Diego to San Francisco and develop the economy of California
B) concluding a treaty with Russia permitting fur-trading activities across a wide swath of northern California
C) ceding a part of northern California to Great Britain in order to avert war between the two countries
D) Spain declaring war on Great Britain over control of the Pacific Northwest
Answer: A
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