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Read the passage by Bartolomé de las Casas. [Since New Spain was discovered], great atrocities were committed against the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition. These so-called Christians set about stealing from the people and murdering them on the pretense of settling the area. And [since that time] the great iniquities and injustices, the outrageous acts of violence and the bloody tyranny of these Christians have steadily escalated.
–Bartolomé de las Casas

Which excerpt from the passage best supports Bartolomé’s argument that the Spanish were not behaving as Christians should?

“since New Spain was discovered, great atrocities were committed”
“these so-called Christians set about stealing from people and murdering them”
“the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition”
“the bloody tyranny of these Christians have steadily escalated”

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