How Did French Settlers Treat The American Indians

The time period between the 1600s and 1700s was a time of a major change in the land of the New World. The colonization of Europeans into the North America had considerable impacts on the Native American lives. European empire at the time, such as the French, England and Spanish empires, often fought against each other for power and control. After the European tried to colonized, the Native American suddenly found themselves dealing with European power politics. The arrival of Europeans into the New World meant new political relationships for both the European and the Native Americans. Each side had thing to gain and loss in this kind of relationship, especially military alliances and new trade goods. European power politics and rivalries were a major factor in the development of European and Native American relations because they created relationships of mutually beneficial relationships of trade and alliances.

The moment when Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas was the beginning of the interactions between American Indians and European colonists. These very first interactions were mostly positive due to the the generosity of the Indians but turned violent when the Europeans began to mistreat, kidnap, enslave, and kill the American Indians. Actions taken by the American Indians and European Colonists, especially actions of violence, during the 1600s caused the relationship between the two parties to be negative and conflicting in New England and Chesapeake.

From the very first interaction, the social and political relations between the Native Americans and the Europeans had begun with much tension. Many Europeans came to the Americas with the intention of discovery. However, when it became apparent that these new lands were inhibited the motives changed, and then the natives were colonized, abused, and in many cases killed. From then and throughout the impending periods of time, the relations between the natives and the Europeans had a few points of mutual peacefulness, but were overall negative.

From the mid 1500’s to the 1700’s, people from all over Europe flocked to the vast lands of North America. Spain and England quickly became the most dominant European presences in the Americas. Citizens of the two countries had very different experiences in the New World. This was partially due to their different interactions with Native Americans, religions and their different motivations for coming to the New World. Although rivals at the time, Spain and England’s colonization efforts shared many similarities.

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.

Coming from an economic standpoint, the Europeans and Indians were such total opposites, it often led to misunderstanding. Indians had very large trading routes well before the time of European colonization. Their experience in trade only made it easier to exchange goods with the Europeans. For Indians, trading was a way to acquire goods they wanted, but also a way to share the wealth of their land with other tribes that didn't have the same items to trade as they did. To the

During the sixteenth century European pilgrims migrated across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in North America. North America had just been introduced to the Western Civilization. The America’s were home to the indigenous people, that were made up of several tribes that were called Indians by the early settlers. Together the Indians and settlers began to thrive. Growth and development in the new world was made possible by the abundant amount of natural resources.

To better understand the conflict between the Europeans and the Native Americans, one must closely examine the state of Europe’s economy at the time. Europe struggled with difficult conditions. This included poverty, violence and diseases like typhus, smallpox, influenza and measles. There were widespread famines which caused the prices of products to vary and made life very difficult in Europe. Street crimes and violence were prevalent in cities: “Other eruption of bizarre torture, murder, and ritual cannibalism were not uncommon”.2 Europeans

Closely followed by Columbus’ “discovery” of the New World in 1492 were the establishments of European colonies with the French primarily in the north and down the Mississippi, and with the British along the east coast. As a result, the Native Americans’ lives changed drastically. Before 1750, in terms of economically, French responded mutually in terms of economy, culturally befriended them and in terms of religion, responded benignly by encouraging Catholicism through missionaries and on were on the best terms with the Natives; the British by contrast, economically

The first interactions seemed quite peaceful between Christopher Columbus and Native Americans. He only sought to see how they lived, learn culture, and bring back several of them to show the King and Queen of Spain. He found many useful resources on these islands he first landed on. Once all of Europe had heard of this everyone was in a hurry to reach the Americas. All of Europe was racing for power, land, and recourses, and the only thing standing between them and that power was Native Americans and the Atlantic Ocean.

By 1650 the spanish empire in the American had grown to some 3 to 4 million people native Americans made up about 80 percent of the population.The rest were white Africans and people of mixed racial background .Settlers who came from spain were called peninsulares and usually held the highest government positions.To reward settlers for their service to the crow spain esttlers for the encomienda systrem.It gave settlers the right to tax local native americans or to make them work. In exchange theses settlers were supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to christianity.Instead most spanish treated the native Americans as slaves.

Their scheme of exchanging diverse materials like furs for goods, with the populace (the First Nations and the Europeans) mostly benefited the Europeans. The Europeans not only benefited themselves by loads of beaver pelts, but cures for diseases, how to transport from places, clothing, and sometimes, some French people known as ‘coureurs de bois’ who get married with a First nation women. If fur did not attract the Europeans from France to North America, at that time, none of these events would have taken place. This trade mostly benefited the Europeans, by fur and goods, in a few ways. First way, the First nations would give a lot of fur to the Europeans because they would receive a variety of goods like pots, beads, knives, etc. as it would make their life easier than before. Moreover, these goods were never familiar to them, so they would obviously desire more, which would hence, benefit the Europeans. To be more precise, the Europeans

There are many causes and effects for the Europeans to come to America . Some causes were the English Reformation, new materials, new routes to Asia and to escape England. Effects were diseases, religions dying off, lack of food and health problems. The effects weren't all bad though. Some good effects were introduction to horse riding new tools and new land.

The continent of North America had been inhabited by native Indian cultures for centuries prior to European expansion. The Indians had established their community systems around North and South America including what is now the northern, southern and western United States. Despite their existence in the Americas, Europeans countries still attempted to colonize the continent. While some historians might have argued “the arrival of Europeans meant a better, freer life for most if not all people”, this was primarily true for white Christian Europeans. Even though some colonists experienced more political freedoms, these freedoms were very limited. In reality, economic freedom was also limited for both Europeans and Indians; additionally, both groups suffered religious persecution at the hands of the government and missionaries.

First and foremost, skins and furs from North America were invaluable to people back in France. According to Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States, French trading towns were so important that, “France built forts to protect their trade,” (52) showing just how important it was that they got the materials they wanted. To have furs in France was a sign of wealth (so they could easily sell them, due to the demand), and they had to keep warm in the colder parts of North America; that is why French traders were so keen on getting the furs they