Relationship Between The French And Indians

When Europeans encountered the Native Americans, the encounter was fraught with difficulties for both sides, for the Native Americans more so than the Europeans. Europeans conquered the Native Americans, forced them into labor, and spread diseases which the Native Americans had no resistance to. In addition to this the Europeans considered themselves superior to the Native Americans. Despite this, the Europeans and Native Americans, both had things the other wanted and so they often engaged in trade with each other. However, the Native Americans thought that, despite not having the luxuries the Europeans had, they were better off than the Europeans. This sentiment is exemplified in “Your People Live Only Upon Cod” by French priest Chrestian LeClerq who was traveling with the Micmac Indians. It is a documented response by an unknown Micmac leader to European, particularly French, claims of superiority. In analyzing this document, we will find that the cultures of the French and the Micmac were vastly different. We will also discover what the Micmac and the French thought of each other.

There are many reasons that the Europeans and the Native Americans didn’t get along. In the works that I have examined and read throughout this module, the relationship amongst these two groups had not been a good one from the beginning. The main reason for conflict between the Europeans and the Native Americans, it seems, was the Europeans greed and desire for land and power.

The Spanish colonies and the Native Americans are alike and unalike the English colonies and the Native Americans. The Spanish colonies and the Native Americans are different then the English because they were never decent or ever tried to be allies with the Natives. The Spaniards were led by Juan Gines de Sepulveda, who was very anti-native. So since the Spaniards leader was never courteous toward Natives all the Spaniards never even tried to be. One of the only Spanish settlers that was, was Bartolome de Las Casas who was priest who tried to help the Natives and was known as “Protector of the Indians”. Gines never even gave Natives a chance. Even before settling he was prepared to take over them because they were barbaric and savages. Gines

The moment when Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas was the beginning of the interactions between American Indians and European colonists. These very first interactions were mostly positive due to the the generosity of the Indians but turned violent when the Europeans began to mistreat, kidnap, enslave, and kill the American Indians. Actions taken by the American Indians and European Colonists, especially actions of violence, during the 1600s caused the relationship between the two parties to be negative and conflicting in New England and Chesapeake.

The French treated the Native Americans with respect and as allies. They had traded theirs good and worked together when help was needed. The British was not so kind to the Native Americans causing a dislike for the British. The British did not like that a female was in charge and should not be in control causing more tension between the two groups. The lives of the American Indians were drastically changed after the war. Due to many diseases and their land being taken. They only got what was to spare, not what they had originally established.

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.

European explorers first landed on the shores of what would later become North America more than 500 years ago. Not long after the first explorers had entered the "New World" they found out that they were not alone on this new frontier. Their neighbors in this new land were the Native Americans who had been there for centuries, virtually unaware of life outside the continent. Thus began an inconsistent and often times unstable relationship between the European settlers and the North American Indians. Two nations who had particularly interesting relationships with the Native Americans were the British and the French, both of whom took different approaches to their relations with the Indians economically as well

For the most part, the French spent many years in trying to establish a colony in North America and they were unsuccessful because of various reason. In the meantime, this created to opportunity for the Spanish t to establish a relationship with the Native Americans. As stated in text, “French fishermen continued to visit the Grand Banks regularly and began to trade with the Native Americans for beaver skins” (Reich, 2011, p. 37). The beaver skins were very popular in Europe and in 1600s Samuel de Champlain founded the fur trading post at Port Royal and in Quebec (Reich, 2011, p. 37). The French valued their relationship with the Native Americans for various reasons and I will discuss some in depth. First, most of the Indian tribes were at

The Indians interactions with the French, English, and the Spanish varied depending on the wants and needs of the new settlers. The French embraced the Indian culture in order to maintain a good trade relationship. The English used more of a forceful tactic, forcing the Indians violence.

The French experienced the best relationship with the natives as they were very cooperative with the Natives, peacefully tried to convert them and married Native women and integrated with them. The Spanish came behind the French as they integrated with them as well however they were much more violent in exploiting them for resources through systems like the encomienda system. However, the English had the most tarnished relationship with the Natives as they looked to expand at the Natives expense and saw the Natives as inferiors.

For what we now know, the French and Indian war had impacted the relationship between the British and the Indians by the degradation through time change of betrayal amongst them. In the beginning, everything consist of loyalty, partnership, and alliances; turning this friendship into war, power, and hatred. It all started with the British giving supplies to the Indians as to the natives being already defeated by the French, looking to conquer. Later, creating a downfall in their relationship between the Indians and the British. The rising of disloyalty begins to appear (after the French and Indian war) through the commands of the Indians wanting to join alliances with the French to seek British destruction. Now let us take a step back through the beginnings of the British and Indians alliance. The initiation of this association was the thankful message from the Mohawk Indians accepting the weapons that the British gave them, using against the French.

The French and Indian War was a pivotal turning point for the relationship between Britain and its American colonies. Prior to the French and Indian War, the colonies experienced salutary neglect, which consisted of Britain ignoring the colonies to deal with problems happening in Europe. On the contrary, during and after the war, Britain started to be more involved in their colonies by being present in the colonies, expecting money from them, and putting restrictions on the colonist’s freedom.

Ashley Rogers U.S History 1110-A07 French and Indian War DBQ October 1, 2015 The French and Indian War took place in America from (1754-1763), this war was fought between the British American colonies and France. This war began as a dispute over the Forks of the Ohio, and was fought along the separation of British and French territories called the Ohio River Valley. The war was ended by the Treaty of Paris, which declared the British winners and forced France to give up all their territory east of the Mississippi River. The end of the war was not glorious for the British, as it severely altered their relationship with its American colonies, because the war lead to the British being more involved in the colonies economic and political affairs by increasing taxes and imposing unfair

Matt Wassong Mr. Goldberg APUSH 7 October 2014 Between the years 1754 and 1763 a war occurred in North America between Britain and France as well as Frances Indian allies. This war became to be known as the French and Indian War, or as they called it in Europe, The Seven Years’ War. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris being signed on the 10th of February in the year 1763. The American Colonies’ Mother Country took actions that caused colonists to feel distaste towards them.

Second, the French have better battle tactics when they are at war. When the English were fighting they seemed clueless. The French have better alliances with other Indian tribes which will give us the advantage. The English are making the mistake by trying to drive Indians out of our lands.