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AP Success - AP World History: Colonial Grievances by Bolívar

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"Americans today, and perhaps to a greater extent than ever before, who live within the Spanish system occupy a position in society no better than that of serfs destined for labor, or at best they have no more status than that of mere consumers. Yet even this status is surrounded with galling restrictions, such as being forbidden to grow European crops, or to store products which are royal monopolies, or to establish factories of a type the Peninsula itself does not possess. . . In short, do you wish to know what our future held?--simply the cultivation of the fields of indigo, grain, coffee, sugar cane, cacao, and cotton; cattle raising on the broad plains; hunting wild game in the jungles; digging in the earth to mine its gold--but even these limitations could never satisfy the greed of Spain."

A letter by Simón Bolívar, September 6, 1815

Question 1

Multiple choice

According to Simón Bolívar's letter, which of the following best describes the economic restrictions placed on the colonies by the Spanish Crown?

Question 2

Multiple choice

Simón Bolívar's letter is indicative of which of the following broader historical processes occurring in the early 19th century?

Question 3

Multiple choice

Which of the following best reflects the tone of Bolívar's letter regarding the Spanish colonial system?

Question 4

Multiple choice

Simón Bolívar's reference to 'the greed of Spain' is most directly an expression of which of the following sentiments?

Question 5

Multiple choice

The limitations on 'the cultivation of the fields of indigo, grain, coffee, sugar cane, cacao, and cotton' as described by Bolívar were most likely intended by the Spanish Crown to:

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