Why did the Spanish win the fights against the French and natives? A) The Spanish had the greatest number of ships in the New World.

B) The French were marooned and the natives died after getting the illnesses the Spanish brought with them.

C) The French lost their men in a hurricane and the natives had no protection against guns.

D) The Spanish had horses and the French and natives had to walk.

Which best explains why the supreme court’s decision in plessy v. ferguson was unconstitutional? the supreme court’s ruling allowed states to deny equal protection to any person within its jurisdiction. since the 14th amendment did not make concessions for people born outside the us, the supreme court’s decision could not be applied. the supreme court’s decision gave individual states the freedom to make their own laws in relation to non-whites. since segregation laws did not provide equal protections or liberties to non-whites, the ruling was not consistent with the 14th amendment.