The Spanish developed settlements in South Carolina primarily to prevent other Europeans from claiming the region. Spain was keen on establishing a presence in North America to secure its territorial claims and counteract the activities of other European powers, particularly the French and the English, who were also expanding their colonial interests in the Americas. While controlling indigenous peoples and trading were factors of interest, the primary motivation for settlement in the region was to assert and protect Spanish claims against other European colonizers.
Why did the Spanish develop settlements in South Carolina?
To be able to control indigenous peoples in their territories.
To bring a large number of Spanish colonists to North America.
To prevent other Europeans from claiming the region.
To find good they couldn't trade throughout their empire.
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