Which of the following best explains why Europeans began to enslave Africans rather than Indigenous people?(1 point)

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Europeans did not think they could control Indigenous people very well.
Europeans did not think they could control Indigenous people very well.

Europeans believed that when Indigenous people converted to Christianity, they could no longer be enslaved.
Europeans believed that when Indigenous people converted to Christianity, they could no longer be enslaved.

Indigenous people who had been enslaved often tried to run away or died while enslaved.
Indigenous people who had been enslaved often tried to run away or died while enslaved.

The Europeans did not successfully conquer the Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere.

Answer 1

The response that best explains why Europeans began to enslave Africans rather than Indigenous people is:

Indigenous people who had been enslaved often tried to run away or died while enslaved.

This answer highlights the challenges Europeans faced in maintaining control over enslaved Indigenous populations, leading them to seek a more viable labor source in enslaved Africans, who were less familiar with the land and thus found it more difficult to escape.