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1.1 Read the Document Bartolome de Las Casas, The Devastation
of the Indies (1565)

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THE VirGiN oF GuadaluPE The Virgin of guadalupe, depicted here in a 1531 representation, is a popular
religious symbol of Mexico. Like the Indian juan Diego, to whom she is said to have appeared and offered comfort,
the Virgin is dark-skinned.

The French Claim Canada

1.5 What was the character of the French empire in Canada?
F rench interest in the New World developed slowly. More than three decades

after Columbus’s discovery, King Francis I sponsored the unsuccessful
efforts of Giovanni da Verrazzano to find a short water route to China via a
northwest passage around or through North America. In 1534, the king sent
Jacques Cartier on a similar quest. The rocky, barren coast of Labrador depressed
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