Native Americans And The New World

In the movie, The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown begins with the voyage of about one hundred men journeying to discover treasure in the New World called Jamestown. These men were part of what was called the, Virginia Company. The Virginia Companies exploration was predominantly for treasure like gold and silver. The voyage took about four months. At the time, Jamestown was not the place to be living. In Jamestown the land has been stricken with a scarcity of food and there had been a staggering amount of infections going around. Fortunately, they had the assistance from England who shipped them different resources essential in order to endure the harsh conditions of Jamestown.

The journey of crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the New World was a very long and horrendous trip. Many people were lucky to survive the trip. As a result of economic and religious issues, many Europeans sought a new, fresh start in Colonial America. “In the spring of 1609, two years after the

In summary the Colonist were a very strong group of people ready for a new life and the freedom to discover a new world innew territories made availabel to them through the battle and defeat of the French and

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.

After the readings and discussions this week on Native Americans, the information conflicts with my previous knowledge.

Many prominent historians argue a clash between culture and religious philosophy was the primary cause of conflict between European settlers in North America and Native Americans. However, a closer analysis of American history suggests otherwise. While a clash in cultures and religious differences did exist, the European domination of Native Americans was primarily fueled by European economic motivations, a desire for valuable natural resources and a craving to expand the American colonial system. Due to this, the conflict was inevitable.

The Indians knew how to live off the land and were expert hunters and gatherers their main food they grew was corn and traded with the colonist by giving them corn and gathering up food for them. Back in England people who were wealthy had no clue how to survive on the plains and take care of a farm and plow fields and hunt for meat. Since they came from the city of England the Englishmen were people who did not know that kind of life. They were wealthy Englishmen; most of these men were lazy and didn’t know what manual labor was. In addition, there were Englishmen of trade who were carpenters, blacksmiths, shoemakers who settled down in Jamestown. It was known that one of the main reasons why the Englishmen settled in Jamestown in hope to find gold, rubies, pearls, and silver and to be able to sell it in England for a profit. Devastation struck instead, within a few months less than hundred died. These deaths were excruciating deaths, and the horror of deaths continued from 1607 to 1610. Some men would find themselves going out of their mind, while others had a blistering burning fever, and some men’s skin would just peel off like peeling off a boiled potato and sudden deaths rapidly appeared, some licked up the blood from their falling comrades as some swelled up so fast less than a hundred from five hundred survived. Many of the colonists were very weak and could not do hardly anything. Some figured the cause of the deaths was from

“We gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison in return.” (Red Jacket,1) A quote that greatly summarises the overall encounter of Native Americans and explorers over the course of hundreds of years where the result was in the end, all the same. Despite the Native Americans obtaining European goods, the Native American experience was bad because they helped explorers, but were seen as savages, had things stolen from them and many died as a result of their experiences from war or just a desire to kill Native Americans. These experiences matter because they were what helped the US become what it is today.

To help with emerging oneself into the text, the author uses photographs and illustrations from living museums and authentic historical reenactments to show how colonial people lived in the 1600 and 1700s. The author does not just make mention of names of those who come over to settle into the New World but tells how and why the New World was settled. The author is very detailed in describing how things were for the settlers. The author even includes the hardships settlers and their families faced when they arrived in the New World such as the death of many settlers due to illness. There is so much information in the book and the author provides the reader with questions to begin each new topic in the book. This will help readers with critical thinking. The book has colored sidebars with even more interesting information and historical facts about colonial times and activities to try with the class.

First, the colonists were not aware of the infectious diseases that the Europeans brought to the land. For that, they do not carry any treatment that was capable of helping them to fight infections, as a result many died.

The American colonists had very few, but significant advantages/strengths. The Americans obviously knew the land better so they knew where all the

The new world was a place of plenty. A place to start anew, of opportunities, a place to dream for a better feature; a life that could never possibly be attained. But also a place that gives suffering to those that were never meant to be there: abducted, sold, and/or enslaved by the hands of their own kind. A nightmare one could only wish to awaken from. For most people, coming to Colonial America was either for religious freedom, economic gain, or enslavement.

The Pilgrims’ voyage to the New World was initially marked by immense hardship and adversity, yet their optimism and courage would give birth to new, free nation. To begin with, the journey alone proved to be extremely difficult, for the ship was tightly packed with countless passengers amid harsh, unpredictable seas. Additionally, supplies were depleted, diseases were spread, and the vessel was damaged prior to actually reaching their destination. Upon arrival at Cape Cod, Bradford and the Pilgrims endured even greater distress as they searched for suitable land, sustainable resources, and familiarity with Europe. In doing so, the settlers were susceptible to famine, contagion, Indian invasion, and cruel winter weather. Unfortunately, the

The First Nations were nomadic hunter-gatherers who treated the land with respect, this was before the Europeans came and introduced them to new ways of life while slowly trying to rid them of their culture. The First Nations were welcoming and provided assistance to the Europeans. The two groups began to trade and enter into treaties with one another. The First Nations saw treaties differently than the Europeans. They believed that the treaties were a way of guaranteeing a future between the two groups, they would be protected by the Crown and that they would share the land with the Europeans. Little did the First Nations know that by signing the treaties, they would also be signing away all of their land.The Europeans did not treat the

Indigenous people have been at loss with almost every change that has taken place. Beginning with the discovery of the New World and the conquest that proceeded, indigenous people, who are by definition “people who inhabited a land before it was conquered by colonial societies and who consider themselves distinct from the societies currently governing those territories” , have been oppressed, enslaved, robbed, and displaced. Their history of injustice has resulted in many cases of them being killed, tortured, enslaved, and victims of genocide.