What role do you think the Europeans' sense of their own cultural superiority played in the conquest and colonization of the "New World?" Use examples from both Spanish and English experiences to illustrate your argument
What will be an ideal response?
Both the Spanish and English relied heavily on the assumption of their own cultural and racial superiority to justify their brutal treatment of native peoples and their importation of African slaves. Consider: the actual operation of the encomienda system and haciendas in New Spain; African slavery in the Caribbean; English assumptions of the racial inferiority of blacks eased the adoption of African slavery on the mainland; early English settlers assumed that God had cleared the way for their settlement by decimating native tribes (by disease epidemics) prior to their arrival
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A) the British losses at Trenton and Princeton B) the Battle of Saratoga C) the Hudson Highlands strategy D) General Howe's seizure of Philadelphia
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A) expressed leftist economic ideas. B) showed the potential power of radio. C) called for more federal activism. D) expressed similar economic and racial attitudes.
Mandates were ______________.
A. rules of surrender enforced in the Treaty of Versailles B. decrees from the League of Nations to maintain the Fourteen-Point Plan C. the trustee status of former German colonies in Africa and Asia D. the need to secure approval from the League of Nations for provisional government appointments E. undisputed territorial reassignments imposed on Germany and Austria
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A) True B) False