Question

Which of the following statements is true about the ways in which early colonial powers treated Native Americans?
Select one:
a. Early colonists sought to either enslave or convert all Native Americans they encountered.
b. Different colonial powers had different attitudes towards the Native Americans.
c. Colonial powers sought to ignore the Native Americans.
d. Colonial powers recognized that they had to respect the Indians to achieve their goals.

Answer 1

The
fi
rst sustained encounters between Europeans and native peoples of America inthe
fi
fteenth century were temporally episodic and geographically uneven.
1
Theprevailing winds and currents across the Atlantic nonetheless pushed Europeanshipping repeatedly towards northern South America and the Caribbean region, asin the
fi
rst voyage of Columbus. From this initial zone of contact European expedi-tions ranged to the south and west, enumerating rivers and assessing opportunitiesfor trade and plunder. Within a decade of Columbus
’
fi
rst landfall under the
fl
ag of Spain, Portuguese expeditions had reported on the coastal regions of Brazil, followedin the
1530
s and
1540
s by reports from expeditions into the river basins of theAmazon and Orinoco.Testimony from the accounts of these early voyages continually stresses the greatabundance of mineral,
fl
oral, faunal, and human resources as well as the intensity withwhich they might be exploited. Evidence of the wealth and productivity of nativeagricultural techniques and economic organization thus emerges from the accountsof the trading andraiding forfoodstuffs, gold, and mineralsbetween native populationsand Europeans. In time, as political relationships also emerged, such activities wouldramify into a whole system of such exchanges, encompassing forest products (such asdyes, woods, animals), specially produced artefacts (such as ceramic wares, canoes,hammocks), and even persons in the form of slaves, concubines, and marriage part-ners. The Europeans offered metal tools, cloth, beads, mirrors, brass items, and

Answer 2

hold on thats wrong sorry

Answer 3

the answer is B