By the late 1500s, American Indian descendants on the Caribbean islands where Columbus first landed
A) were a people of mixed race possessing Spanish, American Indian, and African blood.
B) had recovered from their devastating population losses due to war and disease.
C) had ended the practice of permitting native wives to marry Spanish men.
D) included a large population of Tainos unaffected by the war and disease brought by the white Europeans.
Answer: A
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