Spain created a formal system of government to rule its colonies. The Spanish forced Native Americans to work in the gold and silver mines.
Copernicus was going up against everything and everyone, namely the Church. Copernicus would put forth the idea the heliocentric universe. This meant that the sun was at the center and not the earth. This could be taken to mean (and was by many) that God had not placed Man at the Center of the Universe. The idea that there was more that could occupy God than our existence and we were not the most important creature or thing was mind blowing.
The answer should be C- Rare Minerals. They needed these minerals to continue the war effort, and often purchased from Mexico Rare and Raw Minerals.
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One reason the railroad company use chinese workers was that they can hire a lot of chinese workers and pay them for a cheap price . The second reason was that there were many of them looking for work .