By 1570, Potosí had reached a population of 120,000, with tens of thousands of natives forced into laboring in the silver mines. The exploitation of natives for mining had made Potosí one of the wealthiest cities in the world. It was not abandoned nor seized by the English, neither did it become the administrative capital of New Spain, or a religious center for the conversion of the American natives to Christianity.

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By 1570 Potosí

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By 1570 Potosí:

A) was abandoned because of the epidemic diseases brought by the Spanish.
B) had been seized by the English as they entered the competition for New World colonies.
C) reached a population of 120,000,with tens of thousands of natives forced into laboring in the silver mines.
D) had become the administrative capital of New Spain.
E) rose to become a religious center for the conversion of the American natives to Christianity.

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