Compare And Contrast Europeans And Native Americans

The lives of the Native Americans was negatively affected by the arrival of the Europeans as their populations were wiped out by disease introduced from European exploration and trade, as well as becoming oppressed by conquests and enslavement; however, the transatlantic trade that they participated in greatly benefited both worlds.

Germs, guns, and steel were the advantages the Europeans have over the native people. Europeans brought diseases that the natives lacked immunity to. These diseases killed about eighty percent of the natives. They also had firearms and steel weapons. Although bows and arrows were much more accurate and easier at the time, guns were still advantageous.

The Europeans enjoyed many cultural advantages such as; steel swords, firearms, explosives and armor. “These advanced military tools terrified the Indians.” A Spanish priest stated that gunpowder ”frightens the most valiant and courageous Indian and renders him slave to the white man's command.” The Europeans also brought the horses, pigs, and cattle

When Europeans first came to the New World, they had two main effects. First they brought sickness that spread through the Indian populations killing large numbers of them. The disease even killed Indians that had never even seen Europeans because they passed from Indians that had been in contact with Europeans to others. Second they brought things to the New World that changed their lives in a big way; one of them is “new technology”, second they brought horses. One good thing about bringing the horses was that they can trade them with the Native Americans. Another thing the Europeans brought

Europeans came to the New World to discover God, gold and glory and along with that they brought many positive and negative effects to the Native Americans. Some of the effect that were brought were diseases such as, small pox and influenza that wiped out millions of Native Americans. There are many reasons why the European's diseases killed the Native Americans and not the other way around. Some examples are the Native Americans were not immune to the disease,Native Americans were susceptible to European diseases and they are all relatives from a small groups.

The European conquests mostly had a negative effect on the Native American culture and population in general. Diseases that the Europeans brought over inadvertently helped wipe out a majority of the Native population. They were forced to move off their lands and totally change their way of life. I am sure the conquests brought some modernization to the Native American culture and life that could have made things better for them. Though the disease, loss of land and loss of life far out weighed any good they brought over. The European explorers also felt they could exploit the Indians for labor to aid them in developing these new lands. The Catholic Church also made it a priority to convert them to Christianity and try to “civilize” them.

To begin with, the Eurasian land mass had much larger animals. These large animals could be domesticated and bred for a virtually never ending meat supply. To add, some of these animals produced milk which also is a key to human development. In the Americas large animals were a rare sight and many species were separated from civilizations. Also, a majority of large animal “species went extinct in North and South America at the end of the Pleistocene” (106). Some species in Eurasia also went extinct, but the extinctions were not as noticeable due to the fact that there was not as many natural barriers separating animals and humans. Eurasia not only had larger animals than the Americas, Eurasia also had better farming.

The European settlers are far different from the Native Americans. They did not understand how someone could be entirely content with so little. The Europeans are all about trying to find the latest thing and truly believed that they are more important. The Native Americans would only use resources when needed. Such as building houses from poles found in the woods and bark off of trees. Instead of using more sturdy material as the Europeans did. Using nature to comply with needs, using hides of animals to stay warm with. If a stranger was to come they would be greeted warmly and be told to lie on a fur rug such as the natives did. These people may not have had much, but humanity was all that was needed. If someone was hungry, they would be fed. The Europeans on the other hand, were far more selfish and only cared about getting ahead.

Natives had a weaker defense system and did not have advanced weaponry as the Europeans did. Natives only participated in war to prove their strength and wanted the land only to declare it as their personal property for the tribe. Natives without a doubt were more spiritual and adapted towards nature. Natives as we see learned on their own throughout nature, much of it was self-taught, they were givers, and were very cooperative. Now what about the Europeans and what are the differences they have with the

Europeans brought in iron-age products, which goes on to change the way many Native Americans farmed, cooked, hunted, worked, dressed, and ate. Another thing that was brought into the new world was disease. Epidemics were unleashed that effected Europe and the Americas but hit the Native Americans much harder. The exchange of political ideas, economic systems, and culture was soon to come. These changes contradicted many Native

The perspective of viewing life among ancient American people and Europeans was quite different. They both had various level of skills and experiences. Europeans thought that the Natives people don’t have culture, religious or traditions. Later, they learned about each other and with the exchanged of goods came the exchange of economic system and political ideas and culture from country to country. There were several strong Native American civilizations in Americas, before the Europeans came around fifteenth century.

Soon after, even with the helpful attitude of the Native Americans, the white settlers saw native tribes as savages and wanted to force them out off their lands. Their religion and culture was very different from the settlers and thus was inferior in their eyes. Indians were considered less intelligent because they had no knowledge of building proper houses and didn’t know how to

Many historical events were created when the Europeans first came to the Americas. The Europeans brought many diseases, animals, new technologies, and their political structures in the Americas, or the New World. In the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond states many arguments about these events. This paper will take you through different topics about the Europeans and their culture and agriculture in the Americas. In this paper I will be talking about diseases that came from Europe to Americas, then I will talk about animals that were diffused to America. After that I will talk about Europeans developing a political structure in the Americas. Finally, to end of the paper, I will talk about maritime technology. In this paper I will

By doing this there was devastation that affected the Native Americans population, which resulted in the European diseases. Because of this there was a scientific and industrial progress advantages that Europeans obtain once they arrived.

Native Americans played a big role in making the U.S. of today. When the Europeans came across, they would help them with what crops to plant and where to plant them. Without their