What is the most likely reason Columbus described the Arawak as weak and frightened?
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The most likely reason he described them that way was to make it appear that they would be easy to defeat.
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To make it appear that they would be easy to defeat.
Explanation:
- When Columbus and his sailors discovered America, they first landed on the Caribbean island.
- On the Island, they found the Arawak Indians.
- They lived in communities with huts as home and cultivated corn.
- They had no metal like iron but wore small gold decorations in their ears.
- The presence of gold led to the beginning of consequences as it led Christopher Columbus to take some as prisoners, and the quest for finding gold began.
- Columbus describes the Arawak as weak and frightened to encourage for conquering the islands.
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