Europeans, Native Americans, The Dutch) were the first to mine gold in the region known as Latin America.

your list doesn't mention any of them at all.

and what does "these" mean anyway ?

"the royal proclamation of 1763"

b. andrew

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.