Susquehannock

In a time when the British won a war against the Native Americans and the French, to the first political parties, the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans, there were rebellions. It is in this context that changes can be found between the March of the Paxton Boys, Shays’ Rebellion, and the Whiskey Rebellion. Violent protest in America from 1763 to 1791 changed significantly in terms of reasons behind the desire for violent protest and the result that occurred because of the rebellion. Admittedly

Was Conflict Between Europeans and Native Americans Inevitable? In his essay, “Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn’s Holy Experiment” Kevin Kenny argues that conflict between Europeans and Native Americans was indeed inevitable. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, attempted a sort of “holy experiment”; a utopian land of equality and peace. Kenny argues that, despite the fact that “…Penn purchased land from Indians fairly and openly,” he did not do so

northern shores of Lake Ontario they were used until they were worn out or broken and then the pieces of scrap copper were repurposed as personal decoration or traded with the Iroquois Nations. Once the Basque copper scrap reached the Iroquois and Susquehannock it was often fashioned into the characteristic hoops and

Historians decide what parts of history are important, and those that are not. Historiography is how history is recorded, and it has a role in Bacon’s Rebellion. Historians chose what was important about it, and weaved it into a story. But, some facts may have been left out. Depending on what story is chosen, who tells the story, when it is told, and which evidence is selected to construct it, the historical account could have changed dramatically through historian’s interpretation. Through a compilation

colony but poor farmers wanted to take their land. Even though the natives lived in an area that was set by a treaty, a group of militiamen attacked and killed some natives in addition to several Susquehannock chiefs who came to them with desires to negotiate. This sparked a retaliation from the Susquehannocks which that plantations burnt and some 300 English dead. Although the governor William Berkeley did order the settlers not

Previous to the American Revolution, Bacon’s Rebellion was one of the largest revolts in history, and accordingly its consequences include the American Revolution. It was the war between the English and the Indians, and the civil war between the colonists of Jamestown and their government. But it was also the fierce struggle between two powerful leaders with very different beliefs. The African slaves and white indentured servants joined together to fight side by side against their common "enemies

In this essay, I will discuss why the conflict between Europeans and Native Americans was inevitable based on cultural differences and interactions with one another. I will explain why greed played a major role in the conflict between both groups, based on the information provided by two authors with differing opinions. The first author, believed that conflict was inevitable. The author Kevin in his article, “Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of Williams Penn’s Holy

revolutionary sentiment in America,...(McCulley).” It is still disputed by historians today about whether the attack by Nathaniel Bacon on the governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley, was justified or not. It all started in 1675, during the Susquehannock War. Many Virginians disagreed on the

Virginia: The Problem Child Virginia and New England are both English colonies, but are very different in their beginnings, resulting in a huge difference between the towns themselves in the future. The differences are directly linked to the original purpose of each town. One was a short-sighted gold mine, and the other, a new community for families. Though Virginia was only intended to be a money source for young, single men, it eventually became America’s earliest slave society. This all started

During the fall of the Susquehannock tribe, Streeter’s speech mentioned “three prodigies… one was a large comet, every evening, for a week or more, streaming, like a horse-tail, westward until it almost reached the horizon…” (Lake 45) referring to a UFO. This shows how even people