The Count of Regla, a "king" of this commodity, sparked the first American labor strike by cutting wages for workers in Real de Monte.
The Count of Regla, a "king" of this commodity, sparked the first American labor strike by cutting wages for workers in Real de Monte. Important colonial sources of this commodity included the so-called "mountain that eats men" and the Mexican region of Zacatecas. During the colonial era, galleons regularly carried this commodity across the Pacific from Acapulco to Manila, to trade with China. The patio process involved workers using mercury to (*) extract this commodity. The Spanish appropriated the mita system to force Native Americans to mine this metal at the mountain of Cerro Rico, near Potosi in Bolivia. This metal was used by the Spanish to make pieces of eight. For 10 points, name this precious metal that is less valuable than gold.
The Count of Regla, a "king" of this commodity, sparked the first American labor strike by cutting wages for workers in Real de Monte.
silver