Relationship Between Europeans And Native American Colonists

“The circle of life is never broken” (Taos Pueblo Indian). The colonists just tore apart the land and started changing the Native American culture. Some Native American’s learned to coexist with the colonists by setting up trade networks and adopting some of their technologies. Many others thought that what the colonists were doing was wrong and didn’t cooperate with the transition to the European customs.

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.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, when the Europeans started to come over to the new world, they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different, one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them, such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic, while, considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies, and they thought that the Indians society and culture should be changed to be very similar to their own.

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.

The settlement patterns and attitude towards nations among the Spanish, French, and English can be compared and contrasted through their social goals. Christopher Columbus arrived in the world in 1492, and his voyage marked a new era. Upon his contact with the natives, he tried to develop a friendly attitude with them and he attempted to exchange good with them peacefully (Doc 1). His purpose, at first, was to create a new and unique society with the natives in the mix of such a world he believed to be India.

Clashes between the Native Americans and early Euro-American settlers were inevitable. These two groups of people were different in a number of ways ranging from language, culture, and spiritual way-of-life. Where we see these people groups ultimately at odds is in their beliefs relating to land.

After Jamestown was settled people in europe began to see that there was opportunity in the new world. While people saw opportunity there was something in the way of their success, the native americans. The settlers and the native americans held a dicate relationship with one another and in the colonies beginnings the indians were not a major problem, but as the the seventeenth came more and more Europeans were in the new world. This caused a change in the relationship with the indians and the English settlers. When the English first begin to explore and colonize the new world they do not fight the indians the make peace with them.

The Native American 's encounters with European colonists led to different interactions between the two, as well as a development of varied relationships. America had been home to Native Americans since around 13,000 B.C. The Europeans arrived in America around 1492 to find that the land was already inhabited. Before the Europeans arrived, the Native Americans had lived in harmony with nature and with each other in communities, having strong family ties. When the Europeans arrived, they held different values than the Native Americans. As the Europeans settled in New England, Chesapeake and New York/New France, these differences shaped the relationships between the Native Americans and the European colonists.

This would later create conflict between the English and the natives as whole due to conflicts revolving around the territory and hunting grounds. This all culminated into the beginning of a series of conflicts later known as the American Indian wars which culminated into much hatred for the natives within the English people. The most infamous of wars involved with natives was the French and Indian war where the french rewarded natives for bringing English scalps to them. This is where native Americans received the stigma as being known as scalp hunters and gained, even more, hatred from the English people. Once the Americans won the revolution in 1783 things once again worsened for the native people due to the majority of native tribes allying with the British during the revolution. Once again giving the Americans another reason to detest the native Americans. Native Americans reached their breaking point when it finally came a time where the Americans to spread west during the manifest destiny period. This devastated and destroyed most native American tribes with only a few strong few tribes holding out in the Dakotas and Montana. After

The interactions between Europeans and Native Americans have not always been positive. There are numerous difference that interactions between the two groups. Europeans were known as a group that during the 16th and 17th century, made a great deal of change with their religious views. They were once without religion, but were known to turn to sects like Christianity and Puritanism. The Native Americans were a group known to be without religion. These people did not believe it one God and a book to follow. They believed in various higher beings that oversaw things like hunting, crops and sacrifices. These spirits didn’t represent a sense of hope or something to look forward as did being a Christian. William Bradford and Mary White Rowlandson were two religious people who came from England to the new world in order to seek new opportunities in their religious pilgrimage. Upon their arrival to Massachusetts, they lived in settlements were next to Native establishments. Both women told stories of the horrors that the Natives put upon them.

During the Pequot War the Puritans of Massachusetts were expanding the land that they already had, and this land would push the Pequot people away. With the spread of land the people came into increasingly more conflict. The Pequot was a more war like tribe then many of the others. By 1637 thirteen colonists have been killed by the Pequot tribe. Captain John Mason decided that they could not have this continue and decided that they needed to put an end to the issues they were having with the war like tribe. The Pequot seen that the colony was organizing and decided to attack first, and during this attack on the Connecticut settlement killing six men and women and taking away at least two children. Then on May 26, 1637 before dawn the Puritans attacked. After a few more attacks the last of the Pequot tribe was destroyed and the few that remained alive were then sold into slavery. This started the slide into war that we would not be able to come back

In the 1600’s, confrontation between the American Indians and the European colonist led into egregious action to expand the prosperity and welfare for one’s self. Rapid tension among the two groups in the area of New York, New France, and New England led into countless wars. All European nations traveled to North America hoping to spread Christianity and have a favorable balance of trade in which is referred to as mercantilism. Each nation trying to establish dominance gaining colonies and treated the natives Indians contemptuously. At the end the Europeans were cruel and bitter toward the American Indians that brought atrocious relationship among them. The European nations traveling across the Atlantic oceans to the North America to bring

We have all heard the famous saying, “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” This sounds like a peaceful voyage, yet when they arrive at this new land it proves to be anything but peaceful. The Europeans arrived at this New World ready to claim it as their own, only to discover there were millions of unfamiliar faces. These faces belonged to the Native Americans. Was this colonization or complete invasion?

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 1620, the first batch of European settlers come to New England area. They are hoping to live peacefully with Indians since the settlers demand to receive food and supplies from the Indians. Meanwhile, the new immigrants clearly understand that they are weak and inferior. Once if they have conflicts with Indians, they have no chance to win the battle. Another major reason that French and Britain need to ally with Native Americans in the early 17th century is because the idea of mercantilism. Since they believe that the wealth of nation should mainly from trading, both nations want to have more profit from fur trading. European settlers and Indians also exchange crops, tools, and know-how. Likewise, Indians want the new immigrants to be their allies to defeat enemies in the future days. However, the problems egress inevitably. Because of the largely different beliefs on lands owning and religion, even more migration of population, and external diseases, European settlers and Indians break their peace and enter wars soon after.