Which best describes how divisions among Algonquin groups helped facilitate European conquest of their lands?

A) Algonquin groups were so busy fighting each other that they did not notice the European arrivals.
B) Algonquin groups competed among each other to become trading partners with European arrivals.
C) Algonquin groups could not communicate with each other and thus could not warn each other of European invaders.
D) Algonquin groups had a strict hierarchy that made it much easier for Europeans to conquer them.
E) Algonquin groups were more willing to ally themselves with foreigners than with other Algonquin groups.


Answer: E

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