Why did both the Spanish and the Portuguese eventually enslave Africans to supply labor for them in the Americas?
A) Native Americans had successfully resisted attempts to enslave them.
B) They had captured the Africans as prisoners of war.
C) They were inspired by the systems of slavery they learned about in Africa.
D) Disease had nearly wiped out the indigenous peoples of the lands they conquered.
E) They wanted to take advantage of African knowledge about sugar cultivation.
D
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A) schools. B) land. C) the vote. D) economic independence.
Henry the Navigator failed to capture the Canary Islands in 1424, but the Portuguese did continue to do what to the natives?
a. Captured and enslaved them. b. Converted them to Christianity. c. Burned them off the island. d. Convinced them to sell their land. e. Killed them off.
The most important of the reform associations created during the era of the Benevolent Empire were for the __________ of slavery
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The newspaper dispute above showed that labor law protected workers well in an increasingly anti union environment
a. true b. false