Difference Between European Settlers And Native Americans

One major difference in belief was the difference between how the Native Americans and the Europeans felt about land ownership. Owning land was important to the European settlers as land meant wealth. However, the Indians believed that no one could own land. They hunted only what they could eat, so populations of animals could continue to increase. As more and more settlers arrived, they took more and more land and overhunted. They demanded that the Indians stay off their land. Another problem between the settlers and the Indians involved their different views on religion. The settlers thought Christianity was the one true faith, however the Indians had their own spiritual beliefs. The European settlers did not understand that the Indians were