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What is the most likely reason Columbus described the Arawak as weak and frightened?

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Answered by jade3
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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.

Answered by DodieZollner
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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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