The following were TRUE after the Columbian expedition of 1492 EXCEPT
A) Spanish galleons brought silver mined in the Americas back to Spain.
B) Spanish galleons brought silver mined in the Americas across the Pacific to Manila in the Philippines.
C) during the 1500s, England, France, and Holland had joined Spain and Portugal in assuming major roles in the new trade across the oceans.
D) the pace and frequency of Spanish explorations to the Americas and the Pacific slowed because of deaths of other Spanish explorers.
Answer: D
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