One of the most significant consequences of the writings of Bartolomé Las Casas was
A) they prompted Spanish authorities to make radical reforms in improving the Spanish relations and policies concerning the Indians of North and South America.
B) they were used by Protestant enemies of Catholic Spain to create a long-lasting story of Spanish cruelty in the Americas.
C) they prompted many Spanish priests working in North and South America to resign from the Catholic priesthood.
D) they caused other European colonizers such as the English to use different techniques and adopt different attitudes in their relations with the Indians of the Americas.
Answer: B
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