It means to persuade mostly, so your answer is D.
Not a subject to control or rule by another
Can you tell me the passage? Also, were can I find it?
=Contact with native populations is rarely an even exchange; the native people are usually exploited in some way.
During the early colonialism period, the natives believed that they form a mutually beneficial relationships with the colony, but as it turn out those people only want to control the resources on the land where the natives were resided
