Question

The Arrival of Europeans
The arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean in 1492 had a tremendous impact on the future of that region. The passage below describes that arrival. It is taken from an abridgment of Columbus’ personal journal made by Bartholome de las Casas. “In order to win the friendship and affection of that people, and because I was convinced that their conversion to our Holy Faith would be better promoted through love than through force, I presented some
of them with red caps and some strings of glass beads which they placed around their necks, and with other trifles of the insignificant worth that delighted them and by which we have got wonderful hold on
their affections.”
From the diary of Christopher Columbus during his first voyage of exploration.
Saturday, 13 October. [1492] At daybreak great multitudes of men came to the shore, all young and of fine shapes, very handsome; their hair not curled but straight and coarse like horse-hair, and all with foreheads and heads much broader than any people I had seen; They came loaded with balls of cotton, parrots, javelins, and other things too numerous to mention; these they exchanged for whatever we chose to give them.
1. What is the topic of this document?
2. According to the first quote what were the Europeans planning for the natives? How did he intend to accomplish his goal?

Answer 1

Answer:

1)

Explanation:

2) In order to win the friendship and affection of that people, and because I was convinced that their conversion to our Holy Faith would be better promoted through love than through force, I presented some

of them with red caps and some strings of glass beads which they placed around their necks, and with other trifles of the insignificant worth that delighted them and by which we have got wonderful hold on

their affections.”