European Influence On The Americas

The vast land of what is now America has always had a lot to offer people of other cultures. Settlers came to this new land in the first place looking for gold and other treasures to bring back home. So it comes as no surprise that Native Americans would trade with outside countries.

The diplomatic agreements between First Nations and Europeans were built on pre-contact foundations. Europeans inherited sets of relationships and rivalries among Aboriginal peoples into which the newcomers had to fit themselves. But, as in the case of commercial relations, the insertion of the Europeans, with their different interests and strengths, into pre-existing political systems complicated and modified indigenous alignments. This relationship between the Europeans and the First Nations was a very important development in both European Western development and First Nations attempt to expand their technological expansion. From the very first days of their presence in northeastern North America, Europeans encountered First Nations well versed in creating political agreements among themselves by means of kinship and ritual. The Europeans were not the only people who had their own way to get through the treaties; the First Nations people did too.

Conquest is an extremely violent thought, to subjugate and assume control of a group of people and their land with military force. It’s hard to imagine a large following, much less countries, that support imposing brute force onto strangers. Given that conquest is violent, why did Europeans conquer the Americas as they did? The Europeans followed the belief of Christianity, which forbids such massacres and hate, how could they have conquered and killed? Many, like Jared Diamond, promote the idea that it was pure geographical luck which granted Europe easier diffusion of knowledge; metal weapons and political organization which were more advanced. However, this idea becomes problematic because it assumes that no matter the inhabitants of the more fortunate land, conquest would have happened because of predetermined facts like geography. With this argument, one could say Natives would have conquered Europeans or that they would have been able to defend from their conquest if they had the same or better geographical luck. I believe that geographic luck is not enough to enable the conquest of the Americas. I want to argue that the major reasons behind the European conquest of the Americas were largely in their motivation to gain riches to boost their economy and the justification of their conquest by disguising themselves as saviors to the Native Americans.

Native Americans easily engaged in trade with Europeans. They wished to include new glass and metal items in their society. European and Native Americans viewed trade as a means for economic development. Native Americans viewed trade, also, as a way for communicating with individuals and maintaining interdependence. This is evident in the elaborate gift giving celebrations that occurred before exchanging of goods occurred. For Europeans, however, these social and spiritual functions of trade were limited a great deal more.

Resulting in the a loss for the French, the French and Indian War impacted trade between the French and Native Americans greatly. Occurring over disputes concerning land, the French and British broke out into to a war called the French and Indian War. Unfortunately for the French, they did not come out on top. Seeking revenge after this great loss the French decided to form an alliance with the Native Americans. Having proper treatment from the France, they were open to an alliance.

The economy flourished there with fisheries expanding and trade with the West Indies thriving. The uprising of the New France economy was a threat to North Atlantic trade and Britain (Eccles 200). The Indians were impressed by the French growth and strength which led to them severing ties with the Anglo American merchants. A massive battle between the two forces occurred in 1754, the first of many to come. Virginia militia attempted to build a fort in Ohio before the French to establish grounds. Unfortunately for them, the French drove them out of the region before they could even begin, claiming that it was their region and therefore built Fort Duquesne to hold their position. The Anglo Americans responded by sending troops led by George Washington to drive out the French. They were eventually pushed back into their region, agreeing to the French

Fur Trade in Canada, formed the backbone of the object in the original settlement of that colony. The Fur Trade represented travel, adventure, and employment for hundreds of young men (little book page 10). The First Nations and Europeans recognized one another as supreme nations and created

New France was french settlements in the southernmost part of Canada and the west of the Ohio River Valley. They settled in areas that made profitable fur

The French and Indian War was between the French and the British. They were competing for wealth and power in the Americas, as well as in other places throughout the world. In the 1700’s, the British began to move toward the rich and fertile Ohio River Valley, which is located near Appalachian Mountain range. The French had been controlling the trade in this area, and had enjoyed trading with the Native Americans.

In 1608, France established Quebec. The leader was Samuel de Champlain "Father of New France".

During the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the European powers engaged in battles in both the European and North American continents. Part of this struggle was for the control of territory and trade in the Ohio Territory through the backcountry lands of the Eastern Seaboard and down into the Mississippi River Valley region. Consequently, some of the North American Indian tribes in these areas affiliated themselves with either the French or British troops. The relatively small population of the French relied on the manpower of their Indian allies in warfare. Even though the British had a larger population, they too depended on the Indians for support during battles. This intense competition for an alliance with different Indian tribes led to a complex relationship between the Indians and Europeans. The Indians aligned themselves with allies based on economic potentials and they also manipulated the rivalry between the Europeans, but by the beginning of the Revolutionary War the Indians were resentful of the struggles that arose from their involvement in the Imperial Wars.

In the development of what is known today as Canada, during the Elizabethan era, there was a series was highly documented and, surprisingly, not well-known occurrences. The colonization of New France set the foundation for Canada. The early settlers grew as a nation while holding true to some teachings of the French. The French were originally on the search for an alternative route for Asia and instead stumbled upon what was soon to become their greatest achievement. The French set out to trade in Asia, but found ever-growing success from the new land, despite every complication.

Beginning in 1625, the United Kingdom of Britain and the United Kingdom of Scotland started their colonial dominance of the Americas in Massachusetts Bay. The two countries later joined to form Great Britain. The colonies spread to other parts of America, including Georgia, Virginia and Maryland. The French, on the other hand, colonized North America as the Spanish occupied colonies in the south and, thus, all three colonial groups were in constant struggle to oust each other and occupy greater territory in the Americas.

The Europeans migrants travel to colonize the Americans impacting the world and attempting to improve the Americas with their systems from Europe. Neo-Europeans attempted to institute the old systems and way into the new colonies. Colonies such as New France was formed, there neo-Europeans attempts from France wanted to keeps its systems and ways. The trading post of Quebec was formed these Europeans worked among the Native Americans to sell these furs. The French priests originally spend their times attempting to convert the Hurons into Catholics. Mostly jesuit priests moved throughout Natives communities mastering their languages and learning their values. They were welcomed by the communities but when Natives continued to die from disease

Whenever you hear about the European Exploration, or ‘The Age of Discovery’’ you hear a lot about what the Europeans gained from it, while they did learn a lot from this and gather a lot of new resources they were not the only ones affected. The Age of Discovery affected more areas that just Europe, it also affected the Americas and Africa. To prove this we must first know what European Exploration is.