How did Europeans view the indigenous peoples of the Americas? How did those views influence how they treated indigenous peoples?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. One group characterized the indigenous peoples as subhuman, demonic, or animal-like.
b. Europeans used these views to justify the enslavement and extermination of the indigenous population and to deny them human rights.
c. Another group viewed the indigenous peoples as peace-loving innocents living in an earthly Paradise before the European arrival.
d. Those who held this view defended the local population against other Europeans who exploited native Americans.
e. A third group attributed differences to human diversity. They put forth the notion of cultural relativism.
f. Those who defended cultural relativism expressed tolerance and acceptance of indigenous cultures.
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