Question

Which of the following best explains why Europeans began to enslave Africans rather than Indigenous people?(1 point)
Responses

Europeans did not think they could control Indigenous people very well.
Europeans did not think they could control Indigenous people very well.

Europeans believed that when Indigenous people converted to Christianity, they could no longer be enslaved.
Europeans believed that when Indigenous people converted to Christianity, they could no longer be enslaved.

The Europeans did not successfully conquer the Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere.
The Europeans did not successfully conquer the Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere.

Indigenous people who had been enslaved often tried to run away or died while enslaved.

Answer 1

None of the given responses fully explain why Europeans began to enslave Africans rather than Indigenous people. However, it is important to note that Europeans did enslave Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere, but the practice was not as widespread or systematic as the enslavement of Africans.