The Influence Of European Settlers

Between 1492-1776, although many people moved to the “New World”, North America lost population due to the amount of Indians dying from war and diseases and the inability of colonists to replace them. John Murrin states, “losers far outnumbered winners” in “ a tragedy of such huge proportions that no one’s imagination can easily encompass it all.” This thought of a decreasing population broadens one’s perspective of history from that of an excluded American tale full of positivity to that of a more unbiased, all-encompassing analysis. The Indians and slaves have recently been noted as a more crucial part of history than previously accredited with.

Although the natives might have never made it to modern day like customs, the impact of the European exploration and colonization on the native people was through the conversion to Christianity; death/diseases; and the exchanges and teachings towards Natives. Without all the modifications the Europeans made on the Natives, and also colonizing in the Americas we wouldn’t have mixed race population or event the today’s united states. If the European explorers never came over to the US, some generations of family in today’s time probably would have never existed. The pain, sweat, blood, and tears that led into creating the nation, we have now been crucial during those times. It was unjust and unethical for the Europeans to treat the Natives as

Daily life during the colonial American days was were rough and began the marking period for America. The colonial period set the stage for what we have today in American history such as what we grow and where we grow them. Anything from the clothing made to the foods we grow has been discovered during the colonial period. The start of the colonial period stood for rough livelihood by 1774 the ability to sustain life had been reached and reflects some parts of the modern world today. As for the Virginia Colony of 1775 there were millions of people living in the colonies and there were about 500,000 living in Virginia. Based off of those numbers we can see that Virginia was a popular place to be, Virginia was not full of wealthy people such as planters and merchants but there were a small significant amount that stood at two percent lived in cities such as Richmond, Williamsburg, and Fredericksburg.

In the early years of the United States’ formation, the country had its roots in the original thirteen colonies. Through years of expansion, the United States grew into the country we know today. Without the migration movements like the pilgrims’ voyage to America, the colonization founding of the original thirteen colonies, and the westward migration in the 1800s for gold and prosperity, the country could not be the way it is today. The colonization of the 1600s and the migration in the 1800s impacted the course of American history and its development.

- Early settles and colonists had a variety of reasons to seek a new home. They valued spiritual self-discipline and wanted to escape religious persecution. Coming to America, colonists craved religious freedom. Eventually this bringing together of people of common religions formed colonies and this became appealing to those still living in England who didn’t have religious freedom. Colonists gained purpose in practicing their religion and continue their work in American for a better, self-sustained, progressive new life. Other colonies were founded on the principle of business ideas and endeavors. The great success that England had a colonizing the US was mostly because of the use of charter companies, groups of stockholders (wealthy merchants/landowners),

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

Life was hard when our ancestors moved from Europe to colonial America and later migrated west. There were many challenges and difficulties. There were some differences between the colonists of the 1600’s and westerns settlers of the 1800’s, but there were also some similarities. The people in the colonies were mainly Anglican and Baptists , whereas many people that went west were Amish, Mennonite and Catholic. They were both mostly made up of the Anglo-Saxon race , defined by Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary as, “a white gentile of an English-Speaking nation.” They all shared the same cultural origin, heritage, ideas about schooling and physical characteristics. Both groups also spoke English in the main. Another parallel they shared was types of

European immigration to the colonies drastically changed between the late 1600s and the 1700s. At the beginning, it started out with the English coming to the colonies looking for a better life, but that did not work out too well. From there, things started to get worse and worse. However, there were some positive impacts on European immigration to the colonies. However, none of the positive impacts can change what had occurred around the 1700s, the beginning of slavery.

As children and students we were taught that the Legendary Christopher Columbus founded America. However history has proven that this alleged discovery is far from the truth. Not only had the Spanish already settled Florida, but the Native Americans also known as Indians have already inhabited America. From this awareness of “New Found Land” English settlers intruded on Native American land and took over America under what was called manifest destiny. In the 19th century United States, Manifest Destiny was a belief that was widely believed that the true destiny of American settlers was to expand and move across the continent to spread American traditions and their institutions, along with enlightening more primitive nations, also known as the Indians. This destiny clearly was accomplished and today almost 240 years later there have been many laws and administrative law cases that has aroused from the accomplishment of Manifest Destiny in regards to Native Americans.

The war that happened with the French and the Indians, set a tone for future interference with the two ethnicity's of people, both together, other colonies around them and on there own. When I say others around them I mean the colonial Americans. Then continued to influence during and throughout the times of the American Revolution.

In April 1995 Pamela George, an Ojibway women, was brutally murdered in Saskatchewan. Her murderers Steven Kummerfield and Alex Ternowetsky, young middle-class white men, were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to merely six and a half years in prison. George’s story is one of the many Indigenous women who have been murdered or missing over the past years. There are over 580 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women, close to half are put aside and left unsolved. Only 53% of these cases have lead to charges of homicide (Klement 8). Drastically, statistics indicate that Aboriginals are faced with more hardships throughout their life compared to the average Canadian. Indigenous groups, particularly women, suffer from a lower rate of education, higher suicide rates and an array of health risks. This paper will examine the role settler colonization history has played in perpetuating conditions for violence to indigenous women, many of which are still experienced today. This will be accomplished by first assessing the history of settler colonization and its negative repercussions. Secondly, it will use Sherene Razak’s concept of “spatial segregation,” to illustrate how state institutions have facilitated violence through space, race and the law. Lastly, this paper will use evidence from the film “Finding Dawn” to further demonstrate how violence towards indigenous women is institutionally produced.

In summation, the Native Americans were greatly affected and impacted by the exploration and colonization of their land. They learned new things that they valued and viewed as important, they were also killed and separated as a result of the Europeans’ thirst for riches. The natives also had their culture destroyed and were forced to change by the colonizers so they could fit their standards. Although some aspects of the Native American culture were barbaric and harsh it worked for them and their ancestors. Having the newcomers interrupt their lives even thought they were doing just fine showed how the Europeans did not care about anyone else as long as they got what they wanted. It also showed how little the natives’ lives mattered to

An extremely important era in the history of America was the Colonial Settlements. During this time Spain had most of the control of the recently founded land in America and controlled many ports along the coast. Although Spain controlled most of the land, they were only looking for resources as was France. The English were also in the New World but they were focused more on establishing settlements than exploiting new resources. The English’s first settlement failed at Roanoke Island. The next settlement was the colony at Jamestown, Virginia and it became known as one of the first permanent settlements in America, ran by John Smith. This colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London which was composed of a group of investors. The

Most settlers dreamed of reaching the new land in search of riches and the desire to spread their religious beliefs. Europeans were the first groups of people to search for new land. The original searches for land only held the goal to obtain trading organization. Initially, Europeans did not desire to reside in the New Land. Profit was the main driving reason for exploration. Their need to reach these goals played a large impact on the destruction of the Indian race and culture. The clash of these cultures brought about the spread of the European's diseases. It was difficult for the European's to create a sustainable life in a new environment where food was scarce. The first known attempt at colonialization was created by Pope Alexander VI.

European settlement meant that the settlers took over the land that was once occupied by the Aboriginal people was taken over for pastoral purposes. This also meant the increase of British immigrants. Many Aboriginal groups took live stock from the Europeans as they were running out of food. The Europeans saw this as stealing. This led to Guerrilla tactics destroying livestock, flocks and homesteads. Small battles were inevitable as the Europeans took over more and more land. The aim of the Europeans was to clear the lands of Aborigines and to commission the entire land for themselves. Diseases were introduced such as measles, chicken pox and influenza in which the Aboriginal communities were not immune to, wiping out entire communities. As