The Influence Of European Settlers

There were initially two to ten million natives in the United States prior to European contact. Those numbers dwindled down drastically in the years that Europeans came and started colonizing. The Europeans came to explore the New World in search of land, spices, gold, God and glory. Among these colonists were the Spanish who colonized most of the southwest of the United States. Evidence of their settlements can still be seen today in the missions scattered across the land. These missions were started with the purpose of converting the Native Americans to Christianity. Try to put yourself into the shoes of the Native Americans, imagine living your entire life with a particular set of beliefs, based on what was handed down by your ancestors and culture. Then suddenly a group of foreigners would come and proclaim that your views are all wrong and that you must follow their beliefs for the salvation of your soul. This is exactly what the Spanish colonizers did to the Native Americans as they invaded their territory which is the reason why the relationship between the two parties were strained and rife with tension. The conversion of the Natives and the constant hostility by the Spanish conquerors subsequently led to the disintegration of native life and culture.

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

- 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),

Early colonial America was influenced by many various factors. There are three main factors. These three main factors are: the cultivation of tobacco in Virginia, the introduction of slavery to America, and the enclosure of croplands in England. In order to fully understand how America was influenced and shaped by each individual factor, it is imperative to understand the consequence of each factor and the importance of each consequence. These three factors are not equally important in regard to their consequences.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 time period between the 1600s and 1700s was a time of a major change in the land of the New World. The colonization of Europeans into the North America had considerable impacts on the Native American lives. European empire at the time, such as the French, England and Spanish empires, often fought against each other for power and control. After the European tried to colonized, the Native American suddenly found themselves dealing with European power politics. The arrival of Europeans into the New World meant new political relationships for both the European and the Native Americans. Each side had thing to gain and loss in this kind of relationship, especially military alliances and new trade goods. European power politics and rivalries were a major factor in the development of European and Native American relations because they created relationships of mutually beneficial relationships of trade and alliances.

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