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According to the authors, the greatest flaw with Spanish investment in Mesoamerica was:
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a. the country was too focused on extracting minerals and failed to develop industry to sustain the economy of Mesoamerica.
b. the Crown trusted encomenderos with too much, only to realize too late that the indians were being worked to death.
c. failing to secure bullion shipments from piracy.