“The Admiral, it is true, was blind as those who came after him, and he was so anxious to please the King that he committed irreparable crimes against the Indians” (H. Zinn, chapter 1). In this quote, de Las Casas refers to Admiral...

In this quote, de Las Casas refers to Admiral as a criminal and oppressor.

Explanation:

The passage shows that Admiral, in his ambition to please the king, criminally oppressed the Indians, becoming a criminal, as well as an oppressor, and causing suffering to the natives in the name of a possible "admiration" of the monarch, and thus like those who came before him, he did not see that he was behaving exactly like the others, promoting nothing that would make him stand out in the eyes of the king and causing suffering in vain.

by 1890, the united states had by far the world's most productive economy. american industry produced twice as much as its closest competitor--britain. but the united states was not a great military or diplomatic power. its army numbered less than 30,000 troops, and its navy had only about 10,000 seamen. britain's army was five times the size of its american counterpart, and its navy was ten times bigger. the united states' military was small because the country was situated between two large oceans and was surrounded by weak or friendly nations. it faced no serious military threats and had little interest in asserting military power overseas.