Bartolome de las Casas, 1542"The cause for which the Christians have slain and destroyed so many and such infinite numbers of souls, has been simply to get, as their ultimate end, the Indians’ gold of them, and to stuff themselves with riches. . . owing to the insatiable greed and ambition that they have had, which has been greater than any the world has ever seen before. . . [A]ll the Indians of all the Indies never once did aught hurt or wrong to Christians, but rather held them to be descended from heaven, from the sky, until many times they or their neighbours received from the Christians many acts of wrongful harm, theft, murder, violence, and vexation. . .. I have great hope that the emperor and king of Spain, our lord Don Carlos, the fifth of that name, may come to understand (for until now the truth has always been most industriously covered over) the acts of malice and treachery which have been and still are being done upon those nations and lands, against the will of God and his own."de las Casas, Bartolome. An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies with Related Texts. Ed. Franklin Knight. Trans. Andrew Hurley. N.p.: Hackett, 2003. Print.This reflection of Bartolome de las Casas most strongly supports which of the following statements concerning Spanish brutality in the Indies?Elimination ToolSelect one answerANative Americans held strong racist attitudes towards the Spanish.BNative Americans in the Indies actively resisted Spanish Christianization efforts.CSpanish conquistadors were focused on gaining personal wealth.DThe Spanish feared organized Native American resistance.

"The cause for which the Christians have slain and destroyed so many and such infinite numbers of souls, has been simply to get, as their ultimate end, the Indians’ gold of them, and to stuff themselves with riches. . . owing to the insatiable greed and ambition that they have had, which has been greater than any the world has ever seen before. . . [A]ll the Indians of all the Indies never once did aught hurt or wrong to Christians, but rather held them to be descended from heaven, from the sky, until many times they or their neighbours received from the Christians many acts of wrongful harm, theft, murder, violence, and vexation. . .. I have great hope that the emperor and king of Spain, our lord Don Carlos, the fifth of that name, may come to understand (for until now the truth has always been most industriously covered over) the acts of malice and treachery which have been and still are being done upon those nations and lands, against the will of God and his own."de las Casas, Bartolome. An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies with Related Texts. Ed. Franklin Knight. Trans. Andrew Hurley. N.p.: Hackett, 2003. Print.This reflection of Bartolome de las Casas most strongly supports which of the following statements concerning Spanish brutality in the Indies?Elimination ToolSelect one answerANative Americans held strong racist attitudes towards the Spanish.BNative Americans in the Indies actively resisted Spanish Christianization efforts.CSpanish conquistadors were focused on gaining personal wealth.DThe Spanish feared organized Native American resistance.

"After the wars and the killings had ended, when usually there survived only some boys, some women, and children, these survivors were distributed among the Christians to be slaves… And the care they took was to send the men to the mines to dig for gold, which is intolerable labor, and to send the women into the fields of the big ranches to hoe and till the land, work suitable for strong men."de Las Casas, Bartolome. "Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies." Three Sources on the Conquest of Mexico. January 1 (2008): 1542.The pattern described by Las Casas illustrates which of the following developments within the Spanish colonies?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe use of encomiendas to support plantation-based agriculture.BThe reliance on imported African slave labor.CThe exclusively religious motivations of Spanish colonization.DThe integration of Natives into Spanish colonial life.

“Our desire is that the Christians not lack people to work their holdings and to take out what gold there is. It also is our desire that the Indians live in community with the Christians, because they then will help each other cultivate and settle the island, take out the gold, and bring profit to Spain. Therefore, we command you, our governor, to compel the Indians to associate with the Christians. The Indians should work on the Christians’ building, mine the gold, till the fields, and produce food for the Christians. This the Indians shall perform as free people, which they are, and not as slaves. Also, see to it that the Indians are well treated, with those who become Christians better treated than the others. Do not consent or allow any person to do them any harm or oppress them.”Ferdinand, King, and Queen Isabella. "Instructions to Commander Nicolás De O Vando, Third Governor of Hispaniola, from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain." Letter to F Rey Nicolás De Ovando. 1503. New Iberian World: A Documentary History of the Discovery and Settlement of Latin America to the Early 17th Century. Vol. II.According to the source above, which of the following BEST describes the main goal of the Spanish?Elimination ToolSelect one answerATo do whatever it takes to live in peace with Native Americans.BTo convert Native Americans to Christianity.CTo ensure Native Americans are not enslaved.DTo convince Native Americans to help the Spanish find gold.

This reflection of Bartolome de las Casas most strongly supports which of the following statements concerning Spanish brutality in the Indies?

"Considering, then, most potent lord, the evils and harm, the perditions and ruin the equals or likes of which, never were men imagined capable of doing considering, as I say, those evils which as a man of fifty years’ and more experience, being in those lands present, I have seen committed upon those so many and such great kingdoms, or better said, that entire vast and new world of the Indies lands conceded and given in trust by God and His Church to the king and queen of Castile, to rule and govern them, convert them to belief in Christ and the Holy Catholic Church, and give them to prosper temporally and spiritually, this subject was not able to contain himself from supplicating with Your Majesty, most importunely, that Your Majesty not concede such licence nor allow those terrible things that the tyrants did invent, pursue, and have committed against those peaceable, humble, and meek Indian peoples, who offend no person."de Las Casas, Bartolomé. A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies. Good Press, 2020.The ideas expressed in the excerpt best reflect which of the following historical developments?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe establishment of the Spanish mission system in the American Southwest.BEnglish attempts to establish military alliances with native tribes.CFrench attempts to establish trade alliances with Native Americans.DThe call for more humane treatment of natives affected by epidemic diseases.