"the second chief and principal end [of colonization]… consists in the [sale] of the mass of our clothes and other commodities of England, and in receiving back of the needful commodities that we now receive from all other places of the world… this one thing is to be done, without which it were in vain to go about this; and that is the matter of planting [colonies] and fortification… we are to plant upon the mouths of the great navigable rivers which are there [in america], by strong order of fortification, and there to plant our colonies… and these fortifications shall keep the [native] people of [america] in obedience and good order… “…without this planting in due time, we shall never be able to have full knowledge of the language, manners, and customs of the people of those regions… and although by other means we might attain to the knowledge thereof, yet being not there fortified and strongly seated, the french that swarm with a multitude of people, or other nations, might secretly fortify and settle themselves before us.”

which of the following developments in the 1500s is best illustrated by the excerpt?
A. european settlers faced resistance from native americans
B. europeans transported enslaved africans to the americas to produce sugar
C. europeans sought new sources of wealth in the americas
D. european missionaries traveled to the americas seeking religious converts

Haklut’s call for the english to learn about native american “language, manners, and customs” best represents which of the following developments in the 1500s?
A. native americans and europeans partnered for trade
B. europeans introduced maize cultivation to the americas
C. native americans were sent in large numbers into slavery in europe
D. europeans refused defensive military alliances with native americans