Relationship Between Colonists And Indians

The seventeenth century was a prime era for early America, with many historic happenings. From the first British settlers invading on pre-claimed Native American land to continual friction between the two, the relationship between the two groups was unstable and dangerous. The Native Americans originally considered trying to become allies with the English, but as time went on, a war would emerge between Natives and the English settlers as to control the land. The English and Native American relationship changed drastically due to two main factors: English seeking religious freedom and economic prosperity.

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.

The relationship between the English and the Native Americans in 1600 to 1700 is one of the most fluctuating and the most profound relationships in American history. On the one side of the picture, the harmony between Wampanoag and Puritans even inspires them to celebrate “first Thanksgiving”; while, by contrast, the conflicts between the Pequots and the English urge them to antagonize each other, and even wage a war. In addition, the mystery of why the European settlers, including English, become the dominant power in American world, instead of the indigenous people, or Indians, can be solved from the examination of the relationship. In a variety of ways, the relationship drastically alters how people think about and relate to the aborigines. Politically, the relationship changes to establish the supremacy of the English; the English intends to obtain the land and rules over it. Socially, the relationship changes to present the majority of the English settlers; the dominating population is mostly the English settlers. Economically, the relationship changes to obtain the benefit of the English settlers; they gain profit from the massive resource in America. Therefore, the relationship does, in fact, change to foreshadow the discordance of the two groups of people.

The arrival of the ‘foreigners’, as referred to by the Native Americans, turned a new stone in Native American diplomacy. No longer did they have to only deal with neighboring tribes, as they were forced to endeavor into politics with strangers who were looking to take their land. The first relationship between the pilgrims and the Native Americans began with the Wampanoag tribe. The relations between the two groups paved the view that the pilgrims had towards the Indians. The decently friendly relationship that stood between the two groups was short lived as the pilgrims felt that the indians were getting in the way of their expansion; and shortly after the friendship ceased to exist (Bell, 37).

Type conflict and cooperation between Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans led to the development of North America colonial society through 1750 because the conflict was significant in this development through slavery, land ownership, disputes, and natural resources' distribution. Likewise, cooperation contributed to the development; through trading, the celebration of success and tolerance. To explain this thoroughly one needs evidence.

When Christopher Columbus had first arrived in 1492 to the New World, American Indians and European colonists started interacting with each other. These two very different societies interacting with one another was caused by the European colonists’ desire to expand into the New World and the land owned by American Indians. Due to the unwillingness to accept the Native people, the relationship in the New World between these two societies was a one of unease and violence.

The social interactions that the New England and Chesapeake colonies had between Indians and their own people were very different due to alternate motives. Documents A and H each show the steps taken in order to achieve social unity. It is obvious that the two colonies didn’t have the best relationship with the Indians, but both colonies had different approaches when it came to mending relationships. Bacon’s Rebellion was a revolt against Governor Berkeley of Virginia in 1676 that started due to Berkeley's resistance of not fighting against the Indians because of the fur trade. This showed that the Chesapeake colony would rather take a better economy as opposed to stable social interactions,

During this time, the British people soon began settling in the New World. As they did this, they ran into a new "problem". The people faced the struggle of the Native Americans who knew the land the best and already owned most of the land in the colonies. The British did not engage with the Indians and this quote shows that their relationship was not a good one. The two groups did not trade with each other or have their people intermarry. Their relationship was not a good one if there ever was a relationship between the two different

In the 1607 the first colony was founded in Jamestown, Virginia. Some came for land, and others came for religious freedom as written about by Roger Williams in works like ‘A Plea for Religious Liberty’; however, the English were not the first to set foot on the land we now call America. While some may think that the Indians caused issues for the colonists, the colonists actually are the ones that caused the issues. The Native Americans had been here for years free to go about life as they wished. When the colonists came, what could have been a good alliance between the two groups turned into a feud.

Before the English settlers moved to New England, over one hundred thousand Indians were already living in this area. The Indians relied on natural resources the land and water around them could supply them with. They were hunters and gatherers, which means, they hunted animals and gathered the supplies they needed. The Indians were very good about only taking what they needed, and they using the entire thing if they could. When the English settlers moved in, many Indians did not know how to respond. Some did not like the English settlers at all and refrained from helping them or receiving help from the settlers. Other Indians tried to aid the settlers and in turn the English settlers tried to aid the Indians. In time, some of the Indians

Since the first colonies settled in America, the relationship between the white settlers and the native Americans rapidly changed from valued friends to hated enemies. Upon arrival, it is estimated that the white settlers encountered about 900,000 Native American cultures with 300 different languages. As time went on, native American population decreased while the white settler’s population increased, demanding more land and resources. During the 1800’s, President Andrew Jackson was committed to developing the western frontier and the economic progress of the states. Along with expansion came Indian reservations, Indian boarding schools, and massacres of Indian tribes. While territorial expansion was a positive action for settlers, it can be argued that it violated the human rights of native Americans.

In the early seventeenth century, Europeans came to America in search of new lands and freedom. Unbenounced to them, the colonists were met by hard confrontations with Native Americans who settled the land long before the Europeans landed. The interactions between the European colonists and native Americans, in the New England and Spanish Southwest regions, were mutually beneficial at times, but ultimately harmful to the native Americans. American Indians and European colonists interacted in such a way as to establish a variety of relationships among many different cultures. Particularly among the New England and Spanish Southwest regions relationships were formed and deteriorate between the settlers and natives.

The British had just found out about the new world (United States of America) is up for grabs, but there is something in their way (Native Americans). The queen had died less than four years ago and the first settlers had just arrived in the the new world, and conflict with the natives has begun. Who’s side are you on? I'm on the natives the native americans were not hostile yet very welcoming to the colonists but the colonists did not return the favor. The colonists used the natives things, took, and wiped out several native tribes. They also were harsh towards the natives. The settlers were also very disrespectful towards the natives.

There are many notable cultural differences between the european colonizer and the indeginous people of the Americas which can be noted.

In this essay, I will discuss why the conflict between Europeans and Native Americans was inevitable based on cultural differences and interactions with one another. I will explain why greed played a major role in the conflict between both groups, based on the information provided by two authors with differing opinions.