Why did President Thomas Jefferson favor assimilation? A. He believed that through assimilation the Indians would sell their land more readily.

B. He hated the Indians for their role in his defeat by the Creeks and Seminole tribes in earlier battles.

C. He thought the Indians would decide to fight rather than be assimilated, so they would cause their own demise.

D. He thought the southern states would treat the Indians fairly and the groups would learn to live together.