The correct answer is B to prevent other Europeans from claiming the region. The Spanish established settlements in South Carolina primarily to secure their claims against other European powers and to expand their territory in the New World.
Why did the Spanish develop settlements in South Carolina?(1 point)
A to be able to control Indigenous peoples in their territories
B to prevent other Europeans from claiming the region
C to find goods they could trade throughout their empire
D to bring a large number of Spanish colonists to North America
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