The Civil War: France Vs. France

The Indian Massacre of 1622 took place in the English Colony of Virginia on Friday, March 22nd, 1622. Statements claim that the Indians walked into town unarmed, or even stayed the night at their intended victim’s houses. No weapons meant that they were coming in peace and showed good faith. Later on that morning, the Powhatans had grabbed whatever weapons or tools were lying nearby to slaughter the settlers. Many of the English settlers were found and killed, this included men, women, and children of all ages. Chief Opechancanough had compiled a serious of attacks that were to be sent to different settlements; nearly 350 people were reported dead. Equaling around a quarter of Jamestown population. Thankfully, Jamestown was spared due to an early warning was given to them by an Indian informant. However, the other settlements were not as lucky as they were practically torn apart. In addition to killing the settlers, the Powhatan returned to burn down houses and crops. Those that survived the onslaught abandoned many of the smaller settlements along the James River after the attacks.

Spain sent out conquistadors to claim land, capture slaves, and find gold. Spain was able to claim the West Indies, Florida, Chile, New Mexico, California, Chile, and much more. France focused on colonization and trade, especially fur trade, with the Native Americans in New France in Quebec. England had colonies in the New World and territories in North America granted by charters from royalty, where settlers could help England economically through exports of various goods. The Netherlands focused on trading with the Mohawk Indians (mainly for furs) and colonized New Amsterdam and New Netherland. In my opinion, the Dutch were the most successful. Unlike the Spanish, the Dutch did not kill the Indians to exploit them, but they traded goods and both parties profited through healthy connections, This symbiotic relationship with the Indians that allowed the Dutch to prosper rather than

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

The Virginia Colony’s conflict is known as The Uprising of 1622 and was started once the Powhatan Confederation realized that the English wanted to permanently settle, not just make trading posts. Opechancanough, the brother of Chief Powhatan, led a single-day surprise attack on the settlers. Three-hundred and fifty of the Englishmen were killed, which represented one-fourth of the total. The nine-hundred or so that remained massacred Indians and their villages in retaliation. The war was one of the final damaging blows to the Virginia

Now this land is known as Virginia. Over one hundred settlers had arrived, including Captain John Smith. (Pocahontas) Of course, these Englishmen and the Tsenacommacah Indians had different encounters over the months passed. It was not until December that Pocahontas would actually meet John Smith. In that month, Smith was surveying the Chickahominy River, when a hunting party captured him. The leader of this hunting party was a relative of the Powhatan Chief, and Smith was brought back to Pocahontas’s home in Werowocomoco. (Pocahontas) In Smith’s writings, he explained what happened before Pocahontas saved his life. Paraded around different Indian towns, Smith was finally brought before Powhatan. As he was in front of him, two large stones were placed on the ground and Smith was forced to lay his head in the middle. His death would come by the smashing of his head from a club held by one of the warriors of Powhatan. It was at this moment that Pocahontas executed great bravery as she rushed to Smith and put her head on top of his to prevent the oncoming slaying. (Stebbins) With this action, the life of John Smith was spared and he was granted to be part of the tribe and was free to leave in peace. Following this, Pocahontas befriended John Smith and the colonists. She helped with the colony of Jamestown and visited frequently with gifts sent from her father to the colonists (Stebbins). For most of

He was very crucial in the trade with the Powhatan, for food. In the fall of 1609, Smith was injured by some burning gun powder and was later returned to England. After this he never did return to James Town. But he did write many accounts and publications in favor of Colonizing the North American states. Smith's departure triggered an event called the starving times, in this time many men and women died either from starvation or disease. This caused warfare between the English and the Indians. With their superior knowledge of the land, the Indians were holding their own against the English's superior fire

The English landed in Jamestown in 1607. After suffering food shortages, Captain John Smith, leader of the settlement from its creation to 1609, travelled into the wilderness in search of food. After much searching, the English stumbled upon a group of Indian warriors who promptly slaughtered the lot of them except Captain John Smith. He returned to the Powhatan city of Werowocomoco, the city where Chief Powhatan lived, where he was sentenced to death. According to his accounts, he was seconds from being killed when Pocahontas, a very young girl, jumped in the way of his axe. Chief Powhatan honored her request to let John Smith live. In 1608, John Smith returned to the colony of Jamestown where he was often visited by Pocahontas, his dear friend and possible lover. Later, in 1609, John Smith was injured in an accident, and sent back to England. Pocahontas was told that

By the early 1600s both the French and the English had established colonies in North America; the French had New France in Canada and the English had colonies in New England and the Chesapeake Region. These colonies were very different but they shared a few similarities. One aspect they had in common, was that the territories they claimed had already been inhabited by Native Americans for centuries. The European settlers’ relationship with the American Indian’s was in constant turmoil, and between the arrival of the colonists to 1760 there were many instances of cooperation, conflict and compromise between the two groups.

In the early 1600s many Europeans became interested in colonizing the New World. Motivated by the success of Columbus, rival countries wanted to gain land and power in the newly discovered continent. After establishing their American colonies, these Europeans eventually encountered the local Indians. Despite the Indian's attempts to make peace with the colonists, fighting broke out in various parts of North America as more settlers emigrated to the New World. The Indians were annihilated or pushed to the fringes of their territory as a result of war, disease, and slavery.

The Civil war between the north and south was a fight sparked by conflicting ideologies. James McPherson detailed that honor, duty, patriotism and ideology formed the main sustaining motivations for the Civil War, while courage, self-respect and group cohesion kept men going in combat. Along with these McPherson In his book For Cause & Comrades McPherson describes soldiers initial motivations. The differences between the confederate and union soldiers’ motivations were more prominent than they were similar because their underlying goals for the future of America varied when it pertained to human rights.

English settlers, led by Captain John Smith, first landed on Cape Henry, Virginia but after the Native Americans living in that area attacked the colonists, they retreated and continued on to Jamestown. Upon landing, the settlers immediately began to explore the area, travelling the James, York, Rappahannock, and Potomac Rivers. Throughout the course of this exploration, they encountered many diverse Native American tribes. The tribes with which they had the most contact, however, were the Powhatan. In this account, Smith describes being captured near the headwaters of the Chikahominy River by warriors loyal to Powhatan’s brother Opechancanough. He states that these warriors

The French just tried to stay out of the way of Indians, but they also did try to take some land from Native Americans. The Dutch respected the Indians, also. They weren't in North America to conquer, rather they were they to get resources worth something

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The war produced about 1,030,000 casualties, including about 620,000 soldier deaths—two-thirds by disease, and 50,000 civilians. The war accounted for roughly as many American deaths as all American deaths in other U.S. wars combined.

In 1861, a horrific war began. Nobody had any idea that this war would become the deadliest war in American history. It wasn’t a regular war, it was a civil war opposing the Union in the North and the Confederate States in the South.. The Civil War cost many people’s lives on the battlefield and beyond. In addition it cost an extreme amount of money for the nation which possibly could have been avoided if the war had turned to happen a little differently.