The actions described in the passage from history of the conquest of mexico contributed to which of the following long-term changes? in less than four years from the destruction of [tenochtitlán], a new city had risen on its ruins. . great alterations, however, took place in the fashion of the architecture. the streets were widened, many of the canals were filled up, and the edifices were constructed on a plan better accommodated to european taste and the wants of a european population. on the site of the temple of the aztec war-god rose the stately cathedral dedicated to st. francis; and, as if to complete the triumphs of the cross, the foundations were laid with the broken images of the aztec gods. . cortés stimulated the settlement of his several colonies. . by a singular provision, he required every [european] settler, if a married man, to bring over his wife within eighteen months, on pain of forfeiting his estate. . another law imposed the same penalty on all bachelors who did not provide themselves with wives within the same period. — william h. prescott, history of the conquest of mexico, 18731 question 10 options: spanish colonies adopted policies of religious tolerance. spanish colonies developed racially mixed populations. spanish colonies established republican forms of government. spanish colonies declared their independence from spain.