thEEnglish, likE thEir FrEnCh rivAls, BEgAn thEir Colonizing vEnturEs in northAmEriCA with A sinCErE intErEst in ConvErting thE inDiAns toChristiAnity AnD CivilizAtion. nEArly All thE ColoniAl ChArtErs (41) By thEEnglish monArChs in thE 17th CEntury AssignED thE wish to (42) thEChristiAnChurCh AnD to rEDEEm sAvAgE souls As A prinCipAl motivE For (43) this DEsirE wAs grounDED in A (44) oF ComplEmEntAry (45) ABout "sAvAgism" AnD "CivilizAtion". thEEnglish hElD thAt thE inDiAns wErE (46) oF (47) . "it is not thE nAturE oF mEn, "thEy BEliEvED, "But thE EDuCAtion oF mEn , thAt mAkEs thEm (48) AnD (49) ". morEovEr, thEEnglish wErE ConFiDEnt thAt thE inDiAns woulD wAnt to BE ConvErtED onCE thEy wErE ExposED to thE (50) quAlity oFEnglish liFE. thE strEngth oF thEsE BEliEFs wAs rEFlECtED inCotton mAthEr’s works oF his AstonishmEnt in 1721.
A、ignorAntB、impolitEC、unCivilizED