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Europeans generally believed all of the following about Indians EXCEPT that:

A. Indians lacked genuine religion.

B. Indians had enormous potential to assimilate European ways.

C. Indian males were weak and mistreated women.

D. Indians did not use the land and thus had no claim to it.

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Answer: B. Indians had enormous potential to assimilate European ways.

Explanation: Europeans generally believed all of the following about Indians EXCEPT that Indians had enormous potential to assimilate European ways. Europeans believed that Indians lacked genuine religion, that Indian males were weak and mistreated women, and that Indians did not use the land and thus had no claim to it. Europeans saw themselves as superior to the Indians and believed that it was their duty to convert the Indians to Christianity and to "civilize" them by teaching them European ways. However, they did not believe that the Indians had the potential to fully assimilate European ways, as they saw the Indians as fundamentally different from themselves.
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