The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"[Spaniards'] reason for killing and destroying such an infinite number of souls is that the Christians have an ultimate aim,which is to acquire gold,and to swell themselves with riches in a very brief time and thus rise to a high estate disproportionate to their merits. It should be kept in mind that their insatiable greed and ambition,the greatest ever seen in the world,is the cause of their villainies.And also,those lands are so rich and felicitous,the native people so meek and patient,so easy to subject,that our Spaniards have no more consideration for them than beasts."
Bartolomé de las Casas,A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies,1552
-Spanish expansion described in the excerpt contributed most directly to which of the following trends?

A) Debates over how "civilized" native populations were
B) The growth of republican notions of self-government
C) Increasing immigration from the old world to the new world
D) Increasing political autonomy for natives

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