"The Spanish have a perfect right to rule these barbarians of the New World and the adjacent islands, who in prudence, skill, virtues, and humanity are as inferior to the Spanish as children to adults, or women to men, for there exists between the two as great a difference as between savage and cruel races and the most merciful, between the most intemperate and the moderate and temperate and, I might even say, between apes and men."Sepulveda, Juan Gines de, "Democrates II, or Concerning the Just Causes of the War Against the Indians." In Brown, Elizabeth, and George Barganier. *Race and Crime: Geographies of Injustice. University of California Press, 2018.Which of the following MOST directly impacted the attitudes of Sepulveda and those with opinions similar to him?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe failure of the Spanish to successfully put down Native American rebellions.BThe careful study by Spanish intellectuals of Native American cultures.CThe inexperience of the Spanish in dealing with people from Native American cultures.DThe switch from enslaving Native Americans to buying enslaved people from West Africa.

This reflection of Bartolome de las Casas most strongly supports which of the following statements concerning Spanish brutality in the Indies?

How did the Spanish view the native Filipinos?Group of answer choicesAs uncivilizedAs equalsAs superior beingsAs allies

Despite the changes brought by Spanish rule, what right were women granted?Group of answer choicesThe right to educationThe right to voteThe right to own landThe right to hold political office

c.The source describes the Spaniards' treatment of the Indians in Hispaniola as being driven by:A desire to integrate into Indian society.Avarice and fanaticism.Respect for Indian cultural and religious practices.Efforts to maintain peace and avoid conflict.

"Considering, then, most potent lord, the evils and harm, the perditions and ruin the equals or likes of which, never were men imagined capable of doing considering, as I say, those evils which as a man of fifty years’ and more experience, being in those lands present, I have seen committed upon those so many and such great kingdoms, or better said, that entire vast and new world of the Indies lands conceded and given in trust by God and His Church to the king and queen of Castile, to rule and govern them, convert them to belief in Christ and the Holy Catholic Church, and give them to prosper temporally and spiritually, this subject was not able to contain himself from supplicating with Your Majesty, most importunely, that Your Majesty not concede such licence nor allow those terrible things that the tyrants did invent, pursue, and have committed against those peaceable, humble, and meek Indian peoples, who offend no person."de Las Casas, Bartolomé. A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies. Good Press, 2020.The ideas expressed in the excerpt best reflect which of the following historical developments?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe establishment of the Spanish mission system in the American Southwest.BEnglish attempts to establish military alliances with native tribes.CFrench attempts to establish trade alliances with Native Americans.DThe call for more humane treatment of natives affected by epidemic diseases.