The settlers of English America
a. confronted a larger Indian population than the Spanish conquistadors did.
b. were more earnest than the Spanish in attempting to convert the Indians to Christianity.
c. evinced little interest in living among the Indians.
d. were hampered in their conquest of the interior by the unity of the native peoples.
e. all of these choices.
ANS: C
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