Which of the Following Statements Imparts One of the Main

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements imparts one of the main ideas of Bartolomé de las Casas's History of the Indies (1528) ?

• A) Casas celebrated the sense of respect the Native Americans and Spanish showed one another as trade partners.
• B) Casas rewrote history such that the Spanish had controlled the West Indies since the beginning of time.
• C) Casas laments how the Spanish continually treated Native Americans with violence and like slaves.
• D) Casas condemned the tendency of Native Americans to hold the Spanish in captivity.
• E) Casas insisted that any destruction of Native American communities by the Spanish was highly contained.

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