How did European colonizers generally treat Indigenous peoples in the Americas?(3 points)

Question

Responses

With respect and equality
With respect and equality

With cruelty and attempts to assimilate them
With cruelty and attempts to assimilate them

By integrating them into European society
By integrating them into European society

By granting them political sovereignty
By granting them political sovereignty

Answer 1

The correct response would be:

With cruelty and attempts to assimilate them

European colonizers generally treated Indigenous peoples in the Americas with cruelty, often using violence, forced labor, and displacement. They also attempted to assimilate Indigenous peoples into European culture, which included efforts to convert them to Christianity and impose European ways of life.