The Between Europeans And Native Americans

The Euro-Americans viewed the Native Americans beliefs and religions as devil worshipping. They believed in God, so why would anybody worship something that God didn’t approve of. Europeans wanted to spread the gospel to the Indians to try to get them to understand that their religion is wrong. Most Indians bought into the Christianity and left they knew all their live alone. William Treat was a clergyman who wanted to preach to the Indians the gospel of God. He wanted the Indians to believe in God and he wanted them to support his teachings. Europeans believed in God and they preached his word, but they didn’t have the knowledge or skills to support their preaching, other than the bible its self. Native Americans believed in Shamans and medicine

As the Europeans came to the New World in the 1600s, relationships with Native Americans were unstable in some places and secure in others. In the Chesapeake region, every colony had a different relationship with the Native Americans but overtime both groups became distanced from each other as wars erupted. Furthermore, in the New England colonies there were a few places that had close relationships with them and others that opposed the Native Americans. During the colonization periods, although the Europeans may have been disruptive to a few Native American tribes, they continued to trade and have alliances with a few tribes, which contributed to their survival in the New World. Throughout the time of colonization, as more people

There has been many interaction between Native Americans and white settlers since the European first came here. There has been wars and destructions, many people were killed just because we want to take the possession of the land; the Native Americans fought back but in the end we win and take away the land from the Native. We can see it through “The McGillivray Moment” by Joseph J. Ellis and “Chief Joseph Surrenders” by Mark Stevens in the book “ I Wish I’d Been There”, there are changes in way the Americans policies and ideas about Native Americans in the 2 different time period but there are also some similarities, too.

With the initiation of the 17th century came the colonist from the "Old world", in addition two settlements came to be, Jamestown and Plymouth which were greatly aversive from each other. To the Colonist surprise the Continent of the soon to be discovered America had already been inhabited by wandering Natives groups and tribes. Through out the years of 1067 to 1704 the European and Natives had attempted harmony between the two through various cultral contracts, however the Europeans benightedness destroyed that image and had altered that into a very destructive conflict. The colonization of the European was followed with an unstable yet somewhat peaceful relationship between the existing Native groups. The Native had came forth willing to

Throughout the course of history there have been numerous accounts regarding Native American and European interaction. From first contact to Indian removal, the interaction was somewhat of a roller coaster ride, leading from times of peace to mini wars and rebellions staged by the Native American tribes. The first part of this essay will briefly discuss the pre-Columbian Indian civilizations in North America and provide simple awareness of their cultures, while the second part of this essay will explore all major Native American contact leading up to, and through, the American Revolution while emphasizing the impact of Spanish, French, and English explorers and colonies on Native American culture and vice versa. The third, and final, part of this essay will explore Native American interaction after the American Revolution with emphasis on westward expansion and the Jacksonian Era leading into Indian removal. Furthermore, this essay will attempt to provide insight into aspects of Native American/European interaction that are often ignored such as: gender relations between European men and Native American women, slavery and captivity of native peoples, trade between Native Americans and European colonists, and the effects of religion on Native American tribes.

In William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford describes the relations between the natives and the English as more civil. One advantage may have been that some of the Natives knew how to speak some English, so there was less of a communication barrier between them. When the two groups interacted, there were immediately rules set in place such as “1. That neither he nor any of his, should injure or do hurt to any of their people…6. That when their men came to them, they should leave bows and arrows behind them” (Bradford 123). Bradford continues to mention that these rules were followed for twenty-four years. He portrays the

During the 16th and 17th centuries, when the Europeans started to come over to the new world, they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different, one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them, such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic, while, considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies, and they thought that the Indians society and culture should be changed to be very similar to their own.

The Native American and the European conflicts. Hard days it was for the Native, but it wasent fair for the them. They thought the European's were gonna make peace with them. In other words they didn't the European's brought new stuff that the Native didn't know about. sickness, new technology many more.

The Relationship Between Native Americans and European Explorers The hardships and cruelty that the Mesoamerican tribes went through after first contact with the European explorers is truly appalling. The Native Americans were rapidly conquered by the European explorers soon after their arrival in the Americas. Large naval cities such as Spain and Portugal had become curious about the new world soon after Christopher Columbus discovered them in 1492, which is when the atrocities began. After coming into contact with European Explorers, Native Americans had to suffer through hardships such as attacks on their religion, unjust and brutal conquest, and inferiority to the European’s advanced technologies. Religious persecution was one of the hardships that Indigenous Americans had to go through.

When people of two different cultures meet, they often have unjustified negative perceptions each other. Such was the case of the Europeans and the Native Americans during the Age of Exploration. Native Americans would sometimes attack the settlers and look down upon them in disdain. In turn, the Europeans would fight back while also calling the natives “savages.” These hostile exchanges frequently occur because their leaders think too much about the differences between the groups that they forget the similarities in that they are all humans. Perceptions often change when those of different cultures put aside those differences and begin to cooperate with each other in a common goal. In fact, that is exactly what happened when William Bradford and his group of pilgrims came to Cape Cod. Initially, there was an

In the times of colonies when land was untouched there was a distinct hatred between the native Indians and the new colonists. As one reads the essay: A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, written by Mary Rowlandson in 1682, one will understand this hatred. Although the Indians captured Mary Rowlandson, with the faith of God she was safely returned. The reader learns of her religious messages and how she turns to God for safety and strong will. One sees how her Puritan beliefs are of the strong New England Puritans way of life. The reader also understands through her words how she views the Indians and their way of

There are many notable cultural differences between the european colonizer and the indeginous people of the Americas which can be noted.

Another European view of the Native Americans and Africans was the idea that they were “barbarians”,meaning they were uncultured, uneducated, and inferior. Many Native American tribes they encountered were matrilineal societies, unheard of in the patriarchal European society, and most lived in communal groups with shared property working for the good of the whole which was viewed as “upside down capitalism” and inferior. The Africans also maintained a matrilineal heritage and viewed family as the source of identity in great contrast to the European patriarchal and individualistic societies. These European views of Native American and Africans cultures allowed them to justify treating the other groups as subhuman and believe that the Europeans

Although white European settlers and the native Indians had existed moderately peaceful for around 40 years pressures rose in the mid-seventh century. Conflict arose due to decline in Indian territories, population, and their cultural integrity. These differences ultimately lead to conflicts in which collectively became known as King Philip’s War. What types of complaints did the Indians have against the settlers? How were the Indians expected to survive if the settlers kept taking their land? The primary sources in this collection of source documents touch upon on what each group (Indian or white settlers) did to survive: an excerpt from a narrative written by John Easton, a second hand account written by Thomas Church, a report written to the English leaders by Edward Randolph, a petition written by an Indian named William Nahton, and an excerpt of an account from a book written by Mary Rowlandson. These documents illustrate the main causes that sparked the war between the Native Indians and the white English settlers, narratives written by both sides to find peaceful solutions, and actual accounts of people who survived the conflict. The second hand account written about Benjamin Church’s meeting with the Indian group known as the Sakonnet Indians displays that the Indians knew their only chance of survival was to fight while the report written to English leaders by Randolph suggest that the settlers who viewed the Indians as uncivilized had ultimately forced the Indians

Native Americans gladly received Europeans with no remorse. They viewed pioneers and seen weapons that Europeans carried with them. They were very pleasing, but time passed. As time passed, Europeans abused the goodness in the Native Americans. The Europeans got comfortable and made changes.