The primary reason the Spanish developed settlements in South Carolina was to prevent other Europeans from claiming the region. This was part of their broader strategy to establish and maintain territorial claims in the New World and to protect their interests from competitors such as the English and French.
Why did the Spanish develop settlements in South Carolina?(1 point) Responses to bring a large number of Spanish colonists to North America to bring a large number of Spanish colonists to North America to prevent other Europeans from claiming the region to prevent other Europeans from claiming the region to find goods they could trade throughout their empire to find goods they could trade throughout their empire to be able to control Indigenous peoples in their territories to be able to control Indigenous peoples in their territories
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