Answer:
The correct answer is It increased almost tenfold.
Explanation:
This is the only correct answer, because when Spaniard took control over this area, they focused on the production of tobacco, that the production was raising rapidly.
When the Spaniards came in 1770, around 80 000 pounds of tobacco was produced per year. That number increased to 700 000 pounds twenty years later.
Of course, all other answers are wrong, because of the mentioned data.
