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At first, American gold and silver flowed to Charles V and Philip II to finance their wars of evangelical defense.
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“Initially,”
“the gold silver was all going east,”
“King Charles V and his son,”
“King Philip II,”
“for their wars of evangelical defense.”Play from 59:46Report a misattribution
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