Which of the Following Does Not Apply to Developments in the North

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does not apply to developments in the North Pacific toward the end of the eighteenth century?

A) Commercial and imperial expansion in the North Pacific by both Americans and Europeans
B) European-borne diseases inflicted massive mortality on such indigenous peoples as the Inuits, Aleuts, Northwest Coast and California Indians, and Native Hawaiians.
C) Russian traders and Spanish missionaries embarked on a new era of peace and cooperation with the Native Americans of the region, in an effort to build new alliances against the United States.
D) The chief of the island of Hawaii conquered the entire Hawaiian archipelago and proclaim himself its king in large measure because British officials provided him with arms.
E) Native peoples throughout the region altered their work patterns to produce skins and incorporated objects of metal, cloth, and other new materials into their daily lives and religious ceremonies.