Explain why enslaving the Indigenous peoples of the Americas was largely unsuccessful in filling the need of the plantations.(1 point) Responses 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’ 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 were kind to Indigenous peoples. As a result, the colonizers did not want to enslave Indigenous peoples. Slavery did not exist in the Americas at the time of European colonization. Slavery did not exist in the Americas at the time of European colonization. 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.
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. Additionally, many Indigenous peoples resisted enslavement and attempted to escape or rebel, making it difficult for colonizers to maintain control over them. The harsh conditions of plantation labor also led to high rates of mortality among enslaved individuals, further reducing the effectiveness of using Indigenous peoples as laborers. Overall, the combination of resistance, mortality, and conditions on the plantations ultimately made the enslavement of Indigenous peoples largely unsuccessful in filling the labor needs of the plantations in the Americas.
