The things that interested Columbus the most in his first meeting with the Taino, as he himself wrote in his journal, were the abundant possesion of gold that the Taino showed and the inferred knowledge of them of the places where the gold could be found. In his opinion it was worthy to try to convert them to Christianity.
Goldstone theorizes that revolutions are because of forcible political change because of elites of attacking a weakened ruler or government instead of aiding the situation
9. C
10. C
11. A I believe
12. D
<span>August 4, 1961 he is 55 years old
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