The First Encounter Between Native Americans And The Native Americans

Even though there are many articles show us much information at these times, the details may be so different from each other that the Colonial Era is still in mystery for most of us today. For instance, some of us may know the Native Americans as brutal and cruel people without understanding deeply about their life. Baily describes their life before the arrivals of the Europeans as a peaceful life and rich culture. He tells us that they have their own civilization from the organization of family and the country 1. The author also explores the foundation of new societies as bloody and costly ways when the Europeans from many countries came to Indian land. The evidence is that there are many terrifying encounter among these countries because of the conflict in building their own society

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

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.

Although the Chesapeake and New England colonies were the earliest English colonies to flourish in the New World, they were both extremely different in the ways that they developed. Similarities between the colonies can be found, but the colonies were mostly different. The colonies differed most in religion, society, culture, economy, and their relationships with the American Indians of the region. The reasons for such differences can be understood by realizing that the colonies were settled by incredibly different people who possessed different cultures, religious beliefs, and motivations for settling in their respective colonies in the first place. The Chesapeake and New England colonies had similarities and differences in their development, including how each colony affected nearby American Indians. Their differences and similarities can be understood by analyzing each colony’s geography, economy, religions, and cultures.

One extreme change for the Indians was the arrival of Anglo-Europeans. Native peoples’ lives were changed at the blink of an eye while new ideas, practices and beliefs were shown to them. The arrival of the Europeans changed the way the Indians viewed their world and manipulated their resources. This new change could be viewed as positive as well as negative, for while some tribes entered into trade relations with the Anglos, others were used as slave labor and all were subject to disease brought on by the European newcomers. However, despite all the advantages and disadvantages, no other introduction changed the lives of the Indians more than firearms and horses. West outlines one of the most important evolutions for Native life and how it represented a new way to harness resources and gain power. In just a few chapters, we are able to see the great advancements the Indians made in hunting and trade due to these new technologies and how they allowed the Cheyennes to rise to a new purpose as the Called Out People.

Throughout the course of history there have been numerous accounts regarding Native American and European interaction. From first contact to Indian removal, the interaction was somewhat of a roller coaster ride, leading from times of peace to mini wars and rebellions staged by the Native American tribes. The first part of this essay will briefly discuss the pre-Columbian Indian civilizations in North America and provide simple awareness of their cultures, while the second part of this essay will explore all major Native American contact leading up to, and through, the American Revolution while emphasizing the impact of Spanish, French, and English explorers and colonies on Native American culture and vice versa. The third, and final, part of this essay will explore Native American interaction after the American Revolution with emphasis on westward expansion and the Jacksonian Era leading into Indian removal. Furthermore, this essay will attempt to provide insight into aspects of Native American/European interaction that are often ignored such as: gender relations between European men and Native American women, slavery and captivity of native peoples, trade between Native Americans and European colonists, and the effects of religion on Native American tribes.

Within the Native culture and the Colonial cultures in North America, there are confusion, misjudging, assumptions and conflicts among the two.

Economic factors, however, were not the only discrepancy between the colonies and England. As time passed, cultural differences became increasingly evident. Pragmatism and diversity were the overlying themes of colonial culture. Indians already lived in America and immigrants from England, France, Spain, Germany, Africa, and Holland soon arrived (Text, 41). These people were all from vastly different cultures, but mutual survival forced them to coexist peacefully. Living side by side created a mix of customs, traditions, and ideas that had never been seen in England. Over time, the different cultures merged and created a uniquely American culture with a modified language and artistic style. English settlers began using words from other countries, creating regional dialects and accents (Text, 41). “Life in colonial America was as coarse as the physical environment in which it flourished, so much so that English visitors expressed shock at the extent to which immigrants had been transformed in the new world” (Text, 41). The

Closely followed by Columbus’ “discovery” of the New World in 1492 were the establishments of European colonies with the French primarily in the north and down the Mississippi, and with the British along the east coast. As a result, the Native Americans’ lives changed drastically. Before 1750, in terms of economically, French responded mutually in terms of economy, culturally befriended them and in terms of religion, responded benignly by encouraging Catholicism through missionaries and on were on the best terms with the Natives; the British by contrast, economically

The coming of the European to the Americas was catastrophic for the indigenous American civilisations

Native Americans are the first inhabitants of North America by centuries; however, many believe that American history started when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and discovered a new world . Although the English, French, and Spanish arrived around the same time, they all interacted with the Natives in different ways to achieve what they were seeking, such as land, riches, etc. However, once the European pursuit of riches and land became brutal and malicious, the Natives attempted several revolts, such as the Pueblo Revolt or King Phillip’s War, that unfortunately, has some dire consequences, such as death and slavery.

“Between 1880 and 1920, America the industrial and agricultural giant of the world, as well as the world's leading creditor nation(JFK 25).” This could not be achieved without the 23.5 million people who immigrated here. During this period, many immigrants played a role in developing the nation and the world such as Andrew Carnegie from Scotland in the steel business and Albert Einstein from Germany who advanced physics. Then the anonymous immigrant played their role as well. There are the Chinese who built the railroads, the Europeans and other eastern immigrants who developed the agricultural side of America. By advancing the country in multiple ways, we became strong and rich. Then, without

As technology throughout Europe advanced it had dominated the free market with various capital. This would reflect on Amerindian’s first interactions which presented a violent theme throughout native American histories. For example, the first meeting

It was a surprise for Christopher Columbus who initially decided to visit India to discover a whole new land already filled with people called the Indios, the Indien, the Indianer, the Indian, the Peaux-rouges, or the redskins. There were so many words to describe these tribes, occupying the New World. Indeed, the natives are the original inhabitants of the American continent and their descendants. Since the sixteenth century, the Europeans had been involved in the exploration and colonization of North America. In addition to that, they had been establishing more or less conflictual relations with the natives, above all because the context of colonial competition told them to do so. Sometimes they even used the rivalries between the different tribes looking for them to stand against each other. In this paper, we shall study the expansion of those former colonies to the West in the nineteenth century. This conquest of the West was the process of colonization of the huge territory stretching in North America between the Mississippi river and Pacific Ocean by people who mainly came from Europe and the United States government. Therefore the Frontier – the line marking the boundary area of the establishment of populations who came from Europe – moved continuously to the West until the end of the nineteenth century.

America has been the eyewitness to the constant change its natives have undergone. This predates to the age of colonization when Europeans and the natives had their first contact, marking an era of change. A myriad of changes followed this occurrence; complex societies, innovative innovations, and diverse cultures following up to the America we know today. However, can we imagine what life would have been like, if the Europeans had not come to the New World? In “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford, “Coming of age in the Dawnland” by Charles C. Mann, “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare, and “The General History of Virginia” by John Smith, one can deduce the changes these newcomers- with their colossal ships, refined languages, and their sophisticated weapons- brought to the New World, and how these modifications altered the course of America. The arrival of the English brought linguistic, cultural, and technological changes that would ultimately change the natives’ way of life as they knew it.