Question

What do you think Native Americans might have said about Cotton’s statement that America was a “vacant place”?

A.) agreed that the continent was largely empty

B.) discussed development
plans with him

C.) pointed out that they inhabited the land

D.) offered to sell the land to him

Answer 1

Native Americans said about Cotton’s statement that America was a “vacant place”, c.) pointed out that they inhabited the land, that statement implied that they did not exist, that they were not there, and their response was that they populated America and could not be ignored.