Which statement best summarizes interactions among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans in colonial America?
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Correct answer: Cooperation, conflict, exchange, forced labor, disease, and struggles over land and power
Colonial America developed through complex interactions among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans. These interactions included trade and cultural exchange but also violence, enslavement, dispossession, and unequal power relations.
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