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Use the text “Rethinking a Holiday” to answer the question.

Rethinking a Holiday

Which piece of evidence best supports the idea that the poor treatment of people continued in the Americas?

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As native people succumbed and died under the harsh system, the Spanish found another source of labor: enslaved Africans.
As native people succumbed and died under the harsh system, the Spanish found another source of labor: enslaved Africans.

They stated that the native people were Spanish citizens and should be treated as such.
They stated that the native people were Spanish citizens and should be treated as such.

The idea of celebrating an event that introduced so much destruction has led to a rethinking of the October holiday in the United States.
The idea of celebrating an event that introduced so much destruction has led to a rethinking of the October holiday in the United States.

After learning of the abuses of the encomienda system, Spain’s King Charles I passed the New Laws in 1542.
After learning of the abuses of the encomienda system, Spain’s King Charles I passed the New Laws in 1542.
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As native people succumbed and died under the harsh system, the Spanish found another source of labor: enslaved Africans.

This shows that exploitative treatment continued by replacing one oppressed group with another.