Question

Which sentence or sentence fragment from “Of the Isles of St. John and Jamaica” shows that the Indigenous peoples of Hispaniola tried to rebel against Spanish colonizers who forced them into slavery?(1 point) Responses “They laid Wagers among themselves, who should with a Sword at one blow cut, or divide a Man in two.” “They laid Wagers among themselves, who should with a Sword at one blow cut, or divide a Man in two.” “From which time they began to consider by what wayes and means they might expel the Spaniards out of their Countrey, and immediately took up Arms.” “From which time they began to consider by what wayes and means they might expel the Spaniards out of their Countrey, and immediately took up Arms.” “In the Year 1509, the Spaniards sailed to the Islands of St. John and Jamaica (resembling Gardensa and Bee-hives) with the same purpose and design they proposed to themselves in the Isle of Hispaniola, perpetrating innumerable Robberies and Villanies as before.” “In the Year 1509, the Spaniards sailed to the Islands of St. John and Jamaica (resembling Gardensa and Bee-hives) with the same purpose and design they proposed to themselves in the Isle of Hispaniola, perpetrating innumerable Robberies and Villanies as before.” “In this Isle, which, as we have said, the Spaniards first attempted, the bloody slaughter and destruction of Men first began: for they violently forced away Women and Children to make them Slaves, and ill-treated them, consuming and wasting their Food.”

Answer 1

The sentence that shows that the Indigenous peoples of Hispaniola tried to rebel against Spanish colonizers who forced them into slavery is: **“From which time they began to consider by what wayes and means they might expel the Spaniards out of their Countrey, and immediately took up Arms.”**