When examining the given passage, it talks about how the settler wishes to convert the Natives into Christians and rid them of their culture by slowly integrating the Natives into their colonies. However, the settler also hints at violent means of control should the Natives refuse to cooperate. The new lands in the Americas provided the Europeans vast reserves of resources and opportunity. They intended to use both to become wealthy. Along the way, they would spread their influence through religious conversions. Answer B essentially summarize what European settlers set out to do. Discourse of Western Planting is a document (written by Richard Hakluyt) that basically urges English Crown to invest more in the new colonies as the Spaniards were making great profit from their own colonies. Spain and England were indeed rivals, especially when it came to establishing territory in the New World. Nonetheless, this excerpt talks about general European attitudes and goals towards the Natives and the Americas, not competiton between European nations. As a result, you can safely scratch off this answer. As previously mentioned, thanks to the Americas diverse terrain, it was filled with all kind of valuable resources, which would play a factor in changing economic systems in the Western Hemisphere. However, this excerpt does not concern itself with feudalism and capitalism. It solely talks about extracting resources and converting the Natives. Africans do not make an appearance at all in this excerpt, so cross this answer D off immediately. 4. Which of the following effects of European colonization was foreshadowed by the excerpt?
A. Maryland’s 1649 act promoting tolerance for Christians who believed in the holy trinity
B. the decimation of Native American populations by smallpox
C. Pueblo Indians’ 1680 rebellion against Spanish rule
D. inflation of European economies due to the influx of colonial silver
Answer:B
When examining the given passage, it talks about how the settler wishes to convert the Natives into Christians and rid them of their culture by slowly integrating the Natives into their colonies. However, the settler also hints at violent means of control should the Natives refuse to cooperate. The new lands in the Americas provided the Europeans vast reserves of resources and opportunity. They intended to use both to become wealthy. Along the way, they would spread their influence through religious conversions. Answer B essentially summarize what European settlers set out to do. Discourse of Western Planting is a document (written by Richard Hakluyt) that basically urges English Crown to invest more in the new colonies as the Spaniards were making great profit from their own colonies. Spain and England were indeed rivals, especially when it came to establishing territory in the New World. Nonetheless, this excerpt talks about general European attitudes and goals towards the Natives and the Americas, not competiton between European nations. As a result, you can safely scratch off this answer. As previously mentioned, thanks to the Americas diverse terrain, it was filled with all kind of valuable resources, which would play a factor in changing economic systems in the Western Hemisphere. However, this excerpt does not concern itself with feudalism and capitalism. It solely talks about extracting resources and converting the Natives. Africans do not make an appearance at all in this excerpt, so cross this answer D off immediately. 4. Which of the following effects of European colonization was foreshadowed by the excerpt?
A. Maryland’s 1649 act promoting tolerance for Christians who believed in the holy trinity B. the decimation of Native American populations by smallpox C. Pueblo Indians’ 1680 rebellion against Spanish rule D. inflation of European economies due to the influx of colonial silver
Explanation: The decimation of Native American populations by smallpox was foreshadowed by the excerpt because of the line: "Otherwise for preachers to run unto them rashly without some such preparation for their safety, it [might lead to] their apparent and certain destruction". The referenced destruction in the passage is alluding to the spread of disease. Why it's the right answer