Question

"Various are the reports and conjectures of the causes of the present Indian war. Some impute it to an imprudent zeal in the magistrates of Boston to christianize those heathen. . . . [T]he people, on the other side, for lucre and gain, entice and provoke the Indians to the breach thereof, especially to drunkenness. . . . But the government of Massachusetts . . . [has] contributed much to their misfortunes." Edward Randolph's report on Metacom's War, 1675 The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly challenged the prevailing ideology in British colonial society that: Choose 1 answer: Choose 1 answer: (Choice A) A Native Americans should be removed from areas of English settlement (Choice B) B The government of Massachusetts should lose its charter (Choice C) C It was unwise to attempt to convert Native Americans to Christianity (Choice D) D Use of alcohol should be severely limited or banned

Answer 1

Answer:

C) It was unwise to attempt to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

Explanation:

In the second sentence of the passage it states that the magistrates of Boston showed an "imprudent zeal" to "Christianize those heathen", which is the only answer consistent with challenging the prevailing British ideology.  If we analyze the text further, the main issue is the causes of the Indian war so, what would be a strong enough factor that would motivate the Native Americans to fight?  The forced conversion to Christianity would certainly be met with resistance and give them cause to fight.

Answer 2

Answer: indigenous people should be separated from British colonial society.

Explanation: i did this on khan academy's ap us history practice

Randolph writes that some people believed it was their duty to Christianize local indigenous people and hold them to the law. This contradicted the common belief in the British colonies that colonists should remove indigenous people living near the colonies.