Advantages And Disadvantages Of Colonists And Natives

Wars were used as a form of social exchange; early native wars, shaped how colonists viewed race, and how the weapons colonists used, but more importantly, who would become their allies. Early native conflicts led to the evolvement of elite ranger units and spurring colonists into a ruthless and total war. Often, colonists would target and kill civilians, destroy foods, taking slaves/prisoners and scalping. Both colonists and natives had their own advantages and disadvantages; colonists had a greater supply of muskets and most importantly, old world diseases, while natives knew the territory better than the colonists did and they were excellent with playing European powers at one another. Native and American warfare, helped change how war was