Thou reproachest us, very inappropriately, that our country is a little hell in contrast with France, which thou comparest to a terrestrial paradise, inasmuch as it yields thee, so thou sayest, every kind of provision in abundance. Thou sayest of us also that we are the most miserable and most unhappy of all men, living without religion, without manners, without honour, without social order, and, in a word, without any rules, like the beasts in our woods and our forests, lacking bread, wine, and a thousand other comforts which thou hast in superfluity in Europe.

–"A Micmac Responds to the French”

The excerpt suggests that, as a result of European colonization, American Indians have

learned about the shortcomings of their own cultures.
become dependent on goods imported from Europe.
grown resentful of the presence of European settlers.
accepted the presence of European settlers.