Question

B Explain howhierarchies based on racial

classification emerged after 1500CE to maintain
the authority of new elite groups in the Americas.

Answer 1

Following the European arrival to the so-called New World, racial hierarchies and the theories that supported them became a way to justify the subjugation and exploitation of the inhabitants of those lands, as they were at the bottom of that racial classification.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Native Americans were exploited and killed based on their alleged uncivilized nature and incapacity for humanity.