How did european settlers in north america legally justify seizing lands from native north american peoples?
a) the settlers negotiated treaties.
b) because the native americans were not christian, they had no right to the land.
c) because the native americans were hunters and gatherers rather than farmers, their claims to the land were not considered valid.
d) the settlers established squatters' rights on unoccupied lands.
e) by defeating the native americans in battle, the english and french claimed the land as a spoil of war.