Relations with Native Americans Quick Check

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Explain why enslaving the Indigenous peoples of the Americas was largely unsuccessful in filling the need of the plantations.(1 point)
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European colonizers’ cruelty, as well as the spread of disease, meant that many Indigenous people died. As a result, there were not enough people left for colonizers to enslave.
European colonizers’ cruelty, as well as the spread of disease, meant that many Indigenous people died. As a result, there were not enough people left for colonizers to enslave.

Slavery did not exist in the Americas at the time of European colonization.
Slavery did not exist in the Americas at the time of European colonization.

European colonizers were kind to Indigenous peoples. As a result, the colonizers did not want to enslave Indigenous peoples.
European colonizers were kind to Indigenous peoples. As a result, the colonizers did not want to enslave Indigenous peoples.

European colonizers’ cruelty meant that many people—Indigenous people as well as colonizers—died. As a result, there were not enough people left to enslave.

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The correct response is:

European colonizers’ cruelty, as well as the spread of disease, meant that many Indigenous people died. As a result, there were not enough people left for colonizers to enslave.

This accurately explains the challenges faced by European colonizers in their attempts to enslave Indigenous peoples in the Americas due to the significant loss of population caused by violence and epidemics.