Pros And Cons Of Indians

However, that wasn’tall. Many lives have been brutally killed by the hands of, “…the savage people, who were cruel, barbarous...”The Indians caused adversities and misfortune for the colonies of Virginia and Massachusetts. For example, according to Document 2A1, “For the savages [Indians]...did spoil and murder all they encountered…” The people of Virginia and Massachusetts werenot spared by the Indians; many lives were lost. Although the colonists of Virginia and Massachusetts may have lived in distress, they all leaned on someone for support during miserable times. For example, the people of Virginia depended on the government, whereas the people of Massachusetts looked to God. Although the early

The colonization of the Americas began in the year of 1492, when Christopher Columbus and his band of explorers arrived off the coast of the Bahamas. This new “discovery” for Europe would have drastic effects not only on the settlers themselves, but on the natives and their environment. It is without a doubt that the appearance of these explorers placed the Indians on a dangerous trajectory. Now, it is currently understood how the colonization of the American continent brought disease, war and ultimately death for many of the natives. Early exploration, conquest and settlement brought about new economies for the Europeans, new religious freedoms, and knowledge of the world and of exploration, producing great benefits for the colonists. Although the settlers did face risks and sometimes death during their conquest, they undoubtedly benefitted from this expansion. The Indians, however, were dealt a different hand. The culture that they had developed and the immense civilizations that had evolved were ultimately destroyed as the spread of epidemics, constant war, and brutal exploitation brought these prosperous and hospitable peoples to their knees.

This section highlights that history has created a false narrative depicting the natives as a victimized people, which they were to some extent but only in the fashion that they did not possess the same technology for warfare, immunity of communal diseases transmitted, and they were not anticipating combat. All other factors considered, the natives stood to be a potential threat. In regards to knowledge obtained by Spaniards prior to arrival and knowledge gained from observation, it would be remiss had they not prepared for battle. This argument is not to be misconstrued in approving their actions; I do recognize colonization as an evil for both the reasons employed and its damaging effects, but rather to change the narrative surrounding that of the native people. While they did experience a tragedy, I feel that it is erroneous to write them into history as being incompetent resulting from their

Whether by means of seizures or monetary acquisition, colonists procured the lands of Native Americans, which furthered their demise. With the European arrival at Jamestown, colonists simply established a settlement on Indian land without giving them any consideration. Over time, as colonists’ population

In “Times are Altered with Us Indians by Colin Calloway,” Indian peoples are shown to have created thriving communities before the Europeans arrived in their lands. They had developed long histories, effective fishing, farming, and hunting techniques, political systems and social structures, hundreds of languages, had advanced culturally in the form of artwork and architecture, as well as have far reaching networks of trade and communication, way before Europeans had “discovered America.” Once Europeans had arrived however, they had caused Native Americans prosperity to falter. The most devastating cause of change for the Indians were diseases like smallpox, plague, measles, yellow fever, and influenza brought by the Europeans, and caused several tribes to be completely wiped out and some tribes to only have a few survivors. The diseases, as well as alcohol, caused the social and political structure to be affected negatively because elders, providers, family members, healers, and counselors perished so all the resources and knowledge in these people perished with them and were not able to be passed on to the survivors. Eventually, Indian life began to be taken over by European ideals as a way to survive, by converting to Christianity, trading with the Europeans, having the Europeans interfere in their politics, and having war-caused by the Europeans- ruin their remaining communities. Indians role in colonial America are different than they are portrayed in traditional

Native Americans were somehow powerful and had everything that English colonists wanted. They were seeking wealth and they had the answers in Jamestown. When tobacco start growing, the English colony became powerful and expanded their colony over Jamestown peninsula. Powhatan Indians were disappointed when English did not maintain a trading way with them. In 1622 Native Americans took a step forward by attacking the colony. They killed 347 colonists. As it is stated on the second chapter of the book, The American Yawp, “The colonist retaliated and revisited the massacres upon Indian settlements many times over. The Massacre freed the colonist to drive the Indians off their land.” Once the English colony gained power, they forgot about the people who kept them alive, they forgot about Native Americans. English colonists were so ungrateful and blind because they had one goal in mind, and that was to be wealthy. They didn't care how they would gain wealth. The only thing that mattered to them was gaining

The Native Americans once thrived on the rich land of the Americas, and they built a long-lasting civilization with the help of nature, gods, and organized roles within the tribes. However, the thriving population plummeted after their encounter with diseases and forced labor brought upon them by the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadores. Although at first the conquistadores mistreatment of Native Americans seem shallow and unethical, their conquest of the Americas only partially reflects the claims of the English Black Legends..

Europeans tore through America in the 1700s and destroyed the lives of Native Americans, and yet their culture remained principled with a high level of respect and honor. This is shown in a meeting that was held by the six nations of the Iroquois, where Chief Red Jacket gave a speech on the Native Americans view on missionary stations that the Europeans wanted to set up. Red Jacket explained their past with the first settlers, “We gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison in return” (1). These first Europeans set the tone for how these new colonist treated the natives. They took what they wanted and left a trail of death and destruction in their path. However, the natives acted in return with upstanding respect and treated these missionaries

When the Europeans arrived in the Americas they were looking for riches, spices, and new trade routes to India. When they found this new world and the Native Americans that lived there, they deliberately mistreated them. Looked at as obstructions, the Natives were driven from their land and homes and pushed west. Europeans that encountered the Native Americans had different ideas about them depending on their political and religious beliefs but none were positive. Those ideas ranged from pity for them as non-Christians to be converted (Doc. A2) and treated as children to a lower status of human to be taken advantage of for profits. The Natives were forced to mine precious metals, and farm sugar cane and tobacco. They were not viewed or treated as equal persons. They were considered part of the wild land to be conquered, enslaved, killed, and beaten into cooperation.

It is without doubt that there has been a prominent distinction between the Native Americans and the English settlers upon landing in Virginia in the early 1600s. With the prior ‘knowledge’ from previous pioneers in America, the colonist had viewed the Natives in a vilified manner as savages without proper means of civilization. These so called ‘heathens’ were said

The title “The Indians’ New World” sums it up: the world in which Indians like Pocahontas knew all the spirits of the trees and streams changed drastically as the settlers developed the land. In Pocahontas the Indians are amazed at the settlers’ billowing sails and pale faces and the rows of tree stumps. When the first shipload of tobacco sent to England “brought such high prices that the Virginians stopped bowling in the streets and planted tobacco in them,” farms and eventually slave plantations sprang up (Morgan 611). Although the sources agree on the impact of the Europeans, they conflict over the settlers’ day-to-day capabilities. “The Labor Problem” attributes the near starvation at Jamestown to the settlers’ idleness. The English dream of exploiting Indian populations with a handful of overseers, just as the Spanish had done. However, the insubordinate Indians make “poor servants and worse slaves” (Merell 555), thus depriving the settlers of their expected labor supply. As a result, the settlers largely waste away their time. Morgan reveals the toll of such idleness; after three winters, only ten percent of the men are still alive (595). In fact, the high casualty rates at Jamestown were nothing unusual for a military expedition. Soldiers were “to die like flies even if they never saw an enemy” (Morgan 608). On the other hand, the governor of Jamestown in Pocahontas never thinks of Indian

When the British settlers arrived in America, in 1607, it was realized they did not have enough food or supplies necessary to survive. The settlers received help from the Native Americans and even though these people were essential for the survival of these foreigners, they were soon enslaved and killed. Many documents in American history have said every man is created equally, and mistreatment is not acceptable, but American actions throughout this time period do not reflect these ideas. These British natives had just been freed of the monarchy in their country, yet soon after their arrival, the settlers began to declare themselves the authority figures in America, leaving everyone else below them. Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano best exemplifies this idea through economic factors, the widely accepted inhumanity towards African Americans, and shows how documents written with these American ideals in mind only apply to the people of the same race and gender of whom these documents were written by.

History has a way of changing humanities views and beliefs, either for better or for the worst. Regardless of change, humans have the power to decide or influence views and beliefs for the better good. With the colonization of North America causing generations of Native Americans grief throughout history, Native Americans should not be subject to any form of discrimination in this country and no american should question that fact. America is a country of respect and If one american feels disrespected, than all americans should feel disrespected. As Sports teams and Hollywood use Native American imagery, they must understand that all americans matter and they can no longer be privileged to disrespect Native Americans.

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Some Indians, in fact, surprisingly almost half the miners were Indians, they were called "diggers", because of this the Indians created complications as it brought some against their own people and they chose to believe that the savage white men were their friends who saw that they could use them to get more gold. When taken advantage of and it was obvious to the Indians, brought, even more, complications as this left many of the Indians in situations where they didn't know where to turn, having left their people and being turned down by the settlers who cared nothing of them and killed them afterward. Consequently, some of these Indians struck gold, sending white settlers in and taking the gold and the area away from them and killing anyone