Spanish colonial enterprises exhibited all of the following characteristics except a. By the end of the 1500s, Spanish colonies were tightly...

3. Spanish colonial enterprises exhibited all of the following characteristics except a. By the end of the 1500s, Spanish colonies were tightly controlled by the Spanish monarchy b. The Spanish employed native labor to extract wealth from their colonial territories c. Relatively few immigrants left Spain for permanent settlement in the New World d. Gold and silver mining were among the most successful Spanish colonial enterprises e. The Spanish were generally less interested in the Catholic conversion of native peoples than were other European colonial powers