SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Question
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When he encountered the Taíno people in the West Indies, Christopher Columbus
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gave them valuable European trade goods.
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claimed their land for the Spanish king.
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offended them by rejecting their gifts.
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converted them to Christianity.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus and his crew searched and searched for gold to no avail, so they filled their ships with something else they could sell: people. Of the 500 Taíno they took-selected because they were the strongest and healthiest specimens-200 died on the voyage to Spain. Many more died once they had been sold into slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -He thought he could go to India, to find gold, silk, and spices. He did not know there was land in between Europe and Asia, and he ran into the islands in the Caribbean Sea. That is why when he first saw the Taínos, he called them Indians. He thought these islands were off the coast of China.
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