Which European power practiced “plantation settlement” in the New World, a policy that required the removal of the indigenous populations?
Explanation
Answer: A - As they began colonizing in the New World, the English practiced “plantation settlement,” a policy that called for the removal of indigenous people from the area(s) to be settled. In contrast, the Spanish attempted to use the indigenous people as a workforce by making labor agreements that were vastly more favorable for the colonizers or by forcing them into slavery. The French primarily viewed the native tribes as potential partners for trade, and they looked for ways to exploit the natural resources without working the land so they didn’t require vast tracts of land or work forces. (For example, the French built a vast fur empire in the St. Lawrence region.)
