Negative Effects Of European Conquests On Native American Culture

The Europeans settlement had a vast impact on the Native Americans. When the Europeans arrived in the new world they were disappointed in what they had found. The most significant changes were the Europeans domination of large plots of land called “manors”. The controlled the system that was called feudalism, this is where the lords were given control over land, vassals and who ever inhibited the land. These laborers were servants called Serfs, who were protected by the vassals.

The lives of Native Americans were impacted by the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in 1492, changing their lives forever. Spain would now rule a vast empire for the next 350 years structured on factors such as labor and exploitation of the Indian population. The conquistadors had aspirations of bringing about Catholicism to non-Christian areas, while extracting riches in the process. With many Spaniards going over seas to find riches, diseases followed them causing problems for New World natives due to their lack of immunities. With the trouble caused upon natives, individuals like Bartolomé de Las Casas attempted to bring awareness and a halt against the oppression of the Indians.

While we can’t deny the fact that the Columbian Exchange had a lasting impact on the New World, many of its effects were negative rather than positive. The introduction of European diseases devastated the Native American population, along with the terrible conditions they were forced to live in. Additionally, the Europeans did not treat the Native tribes as people, but rather as savages who could be used for labor.

Imagine having your identity and culture stripped away from you. This is what has happened to many Indigenous people throughout history in Canada. This has been done through the process of colonization. There are many devastating impacts of colonization that has affected Indigenous people all over Canada including racism and stereotyping as well as the downfall of the health of Indigenous people. Racism against Indigenous people has been a major impact of colonialism throughout the years. The racism and institutionalized racism has grown over the years and has made it complicated for many Indigenous people to practice their spirituality and culture. There are also many health consequences of colonization including starvation, disease, mental illness and addiction. There are many impacts of colonization that have affected Indigenous people throughout history and continue to impact them today.

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.

Any level of intrusion and unwanted exposure to another person’s culture will inevitably have a detrimental effect on your own. The Native American Indian people’s forced appropriation of western European culture has had such a negative effect on their culture that many tribes were entirely decimated. The American Indian people’s culture and society was built almost entirely around their connection to the land, which was taken away from them.

European Exploration had few, if any, positive effects on the Indians. The Natives’ contact with the European settlers led to their displacement and death from disease and war. The negative effects outweighed the good intentions, which included attempting to Christianize and educate America’s original residents. It is estimated that the native population decreased by nearly 50 percent due to disease alone, beginning with the first contact between the Indians and explorers in the 16th century. The European settlers failed to understand the Natives’ concept of maintaining hunting and fishing grounds, to Europeans, land that wasn't cultivated was wasted.

Since the migration of Europeans to the New World relationships with Native Americans tended to be tense and exploitative. With time the white Americans were able to wear down the Native tribes through growth of population along with the rise of advance technology. These advancement often led to bloodshed between the two groups as they fought over the land and survival. The Indians were also greatly affected by the many new disease brought to the New World from the Europeans. The government and the American people were looking for a permanent solution towards the Native Americans. President Andrew Jackson created and submitted the policy of Indian removal to the west of the Mississippi River to Congress. The Indian Removal Act gave the

To conclude, the contact between the Europeans and the Native Americans did not have consequential benefits to the Native Americans when compared with the negative impact. It is because the native population was diminished sharply due to the warfare, diseases and even deracination of Native Americans from their homeland. The negative impact that Europeans’ entrance brought about was far less beneficial compared to their constructive influences like introduction of education and

The arrival of Europeans to the New World brought about many changes to Native American life, and their world would never be the same. One major impact the explorers had was introducing the natives to plants, animals, and inventions they had never imagined before. A negative effect of European exploration was the fact that it caused the death and oppression of millions of Native Americans. Europeans both positively and negatively impacted Native American culture and lifestyles.

This act was devastating towards the Native Indians as it broke up the previous land settlements given to the Native Indians in the form of reservations and separated them into smaller, separate amount of land to live on, and most of the time the land requested by the Native Indians would not be given to them and instead would be designated a land that is not fruitful or is away from any body of water. This act gave the white settlers a great advantage in the expense of the Native Indians land where they plant and burn resources that helped them survive for generations. This document is important as it shows how much negative impact foreign people has done to Native Indians’ agriculture and towards the them as a whole. In addition, this document

While history central feels that the Europeans ended up saving the Native Americans from their scoundrel ways and corrected their heathiest culture. The arrival of Europeans in America majorly affected the Native Americans by bringing a new religion, bringing them new technology, and bringing new diseases with them to

Despite the intensive study of knowing how many people resided in the Americas before Columbus contact, it has been unable to reach a consensus regarding the consequences of European settlement in the decimation of native population. Considering that Alan Brinkley states “ How to balance the many achievements of European civilization in the New World after 1492 against the terrible destruction of native peoples that accompanied it is, in the end, less a historical question, perhaps, than a moral one “; In my opinion historians be addressing other issues, for instances how European encounter influence Native American’s patterns of health and disease. Furthermore, Historians should study about the consequences the past have today in the American

The Native Americans experienced pain and suffering upon the arrival of the european civilization. The Lenni Lenape for example inhabited New Jersey long before the Europeans arrived. When settlers from Europe moved to North America, Native Americans lost their reign on their land. The Native Americans were forced out off of their own land where they lived. By the european settlers moving over and conquering the territory they caused a catastrophe.

The Native Americans lives have been changed dramatically ever sense the Europeans arrived in America. They have experienced brutal treatment that no one should ever have to endure. Although much lose came from the European contact, there were some plus sides to the Europeans coming to America. European have changed the Native Americans lives as a whole for the worse because they were enslaved by the Europeans and they brought diseases killing off a huge portion of their population.