The Colony

Agriculture was one of the main economic activities in the colonies.

• True

• False

Cattle farming was not important to the colonial economy.

• True

• False

Mining for gold and silver made the colonies rich.

• True

• False

Manufacturing in the colonies included making goods like clothing and tools.

• True

• False

Colonial trading involved sending goods to Europe and receiving manufactured products in return.

• True

• False

The encomienda system allowed indigenous people to own land freely.

• True

• False

La Mita forced indigenous people to work in the mines for a certain number of days each year.

• True

• False

El Resguardo was a system that reserved land for African slaves only.

• True

• False

Slavery was not a part of the colonial economy.

• True

• False

Taxes collected in the colonies helped support the colonial government.

• True

• False