"Within a Few Days After Our Departure from Every Such

question 16

Multiple Choice

"Within a few days after our departure from every such town, the people began to die. . . . [B]y report of the oldest men in the country [this had] never happened before. . . . [The people] were persuaded that it was the work of our God." This quote from Thomas Hariot's report (Evaluating the Evidence 14.2) refers to what effect of European colonization?

• A)The spread of European disease among Native Americans
• B)The conversion of Native Americans to Christianity
• C)The increased European mortality rates
• D)The conversion of Europeans to Native American religions

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