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Which sentence or sentence fragment from “of the Isles of St John and Jamaica” shows that the indigenous peoples of Hispaniola try to rebel against Spanish colonizers who forced them into slavery

“From which time they began to consider by what ways and means they might expel the Spaniards out of their country and immediately took up arms”
“ in the year 1509 the Spaniards sailed to the islands of St John and Jamaica (resembling Gardensa and beehives) with the same purpose and designed a proposed to themselves in the Isle of Hispaniola perpetrating innumerable robberies and villainies as before”
“ they laid Wagers among themselves who should with a sword at one blow cut or divide a man and two”
“ in this aisle which as we have said the Spaniards first attempted the bloody Slaughter and destruction of men: first began for the violently forced away women and children to make them slaves and Ill treated them consuming and wasting their food”

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The sentence that best shows that the indigenous peoples of Hispaniola try to rebel against Spanish colonizers who forced them into slavery is:

“From which time they began to consider by what ways and means they might expel the Spaniards out of their country and immediately took up arms.”

This sentence clearly indicates the intention of the indigenous peoples to resist and fight against the Spanish colonizers.

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