AP U.S. History Question of the Day

The importation of slaves from Africa to the Americas supplied forced labor to conquering Europeans in the wake of decimation of native populations as a result of disease

Violent conflicts occurred between European explorers and the Native Americans, whom the Europeans perceived as racially and culturally inferior

Improved economic and political stability in Europe paved the way for rapid exploration and settlement of the New World

In search of power and profit for themselves and their nation, conquering explorers laid waste to large parts of Central and South America, disrupting long-standing civilizations

One of the goals of European colonization of the Americas and subjugation of Native Populations was religious conversion