Foreign Policy (New World)

Question 1

How much of all minerals in the New World was Spain allowed to take?

Answer 1

1/5

Question 2

How many priests were in the New World by 1570?

Answer 2

1,000 priests and 100,000 whites and 10 million natives

Question 3

Revenue per month from the New World?

Answer 3

90,000 ducats in 1560s and then it tripled by the 1590s

Question 4

How many ducats did Spain gain from the NW across the whole of Philip’s reign?

Answer 4

65 million

Question 5

What funded the Duke of Alba’s expedition to the Netherlands?

Answer 5

The receipt of 1.5 million ducats from the NW in 1566

Question 6

How much less goods could the Spanish afford?

Answer 6

20% less goods

Question 7

By 1587, how many Spanish ships were in the Atlantic?

Answer 7

Over 100

Question 8

Who intercepted ships carrying New World gold?

Answer 8

Drake

Question 9

Issues with England over the New World?

Answer 9

English merchants would trade in the New World without the required permits.