Explain why enslaving the Indigenous peoples of the Americas was largely

unsuccessful in filling the need of the plantations. (1 point)

European colonizers' cruelty meant that many people-Indigenous people as
well as colonizers-died. As a result, there were not enough people left to
enslave.

European colonizers were kind to Indigenous peoples. As a result, the
colonizers did not want to enslave Indigenous peoples.

European colonizers' cruelty, as well as the spread of disease, meant that

many Indigenous people died. As a result, there were not enough people left
for colonizers to enslave.
Slavery did not exist in the Americas at the time of European colonization.

The correct answer is: European colonizers' cruelty, as well as the spread of disease, meant that many Indigenous people died. As a result, there were not enough people left for colonizers to enslave.