Answer:
D) Native populations would be happier if they adopted European-influenced ways of life.
Step-by-step explanation:
This could be seen in the statement made by the priest about the native people being the most miserable and most unhappy of all men, because he ascribe them to be people living without religion, without manners, without honour, without social order etc. To him, for them to be more happier, the had to adopt the European lifestyles.