What were the three main consequences of the near-extinction of the native West Indian population in the wake of contact with Europeans?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
After the arrival of the Spanish, 95 percent of the West Indian population was wiped out within a generation.
Spanish missionaries denounced the brutality of the Spanish conquest.
In response to the steep drop in population, Spanish colonizers began importing slaves from Africa.
Decimation in the islands prompted the Spanish to intensify their explorations.
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