Ose the passage below to answer all "The classic narrative [of the Columbian encounter] can be summarized as follows: At the end of the fifteenth century Christopher Columbus discovered America, adding to the sparsely with 'savages... Then the conquistadores, few in number but courageous, conquered the Amerindian civilizations, which, for all their temples and gold, were evidentl British, French, Dutch, and other European soldiers, merchants, and settlers did much the same thing in those parts of the New World not yet claimed by the Iberians. The history became the struggle of European imperialist powers for domination, and Amerindians ceased to be important... [A new generation of historians, however, took] a fresh look at the origins of European imperialism, [examining) perhaps elements less dramatic than gold and God and heroes. historians), in 1492 two systems, one of the Old World and the other of the New World, collided. The Old World peoples had some distinct advantages in the biological competiti advantage of the [European] invaders of America was not their plants were the most lethal of the invaders of the New World in the sixteenth century." animals-and certainly not their muskets and rifles, which Amerindians eventually obtained in quantity- Alfred Crosby, United States historian, a a) Based on the first paragraph, identify ONE argument made in the "classic narrative" of the Columbian encounter. b) Explain ONE development in the sixteenth century that would support the arguments of the "new generation of historians" in the second paragraph. c) Describe ONE way in which the "biological competition" referred to in the second paragraph contributed to European imperialism in the Americas.

Ose the passage below to answer all "The classic narrative [of the Columbian encounter] can be summarized as follows: At the end of the fifteenth century Christopher Columbus discovered America, adding to the sparsely with 'savages... Then the conquistadores, few in number but courageous, conquered the Amerindian civilizations, which, for all their temples and gold, were evidentl British, French, Dutch, and other European soldiers, merchants, and settlers did much the same thing in those parts of the New World not yet claimed by the Iberians. The history became the struggle of European imperialist powers for domination, and Amerindians ceased to be important... [A new generation of historians, however, took] a fresh look at the origins of European imperialism, [examining) perhaps elements less dramatic than gold and God and heroes. historians), in 1492 two systems, one of the Old World and the other of the New World, collided. The Old World peoples had some distinct advantages in the biological competiti advantage of the [European] invaders of America was not their plants were the most lethal of the invaders of the New World in the sixteenth century." animals-and certainly not their muskets and rifles, which Amerindians eventually obtained in quantity- Alfred Crosby, United States historian, a a) Based on the first paragraph, identify ONE argument made in the "classic narrative" of the Columbian encounter. b) Explain ONE development in the sixteenth century that would support the arguments of the "new generation of historians" in the second paragraph. c) Describe ONE way in which the "biological competition" referred to in the second paragraph contributed to European imperialism in the Americas.