Europe

Throughout time Europeans and Native Americans influenced each other’s cultures. However, the lifestyle of the Native Americans was significantly changed with the influence of the Europeans, especially European traders and settlers. On the other hand, the Europeans influence the culture of the Native American by bringing diseases, constant fighting because the overtaking of lands, guns, steel hatchets, pots, and kettles of brass. Europeans also taught Native Americans the way to produce clothes and make die for the yarn. Native Americans were typical hunters and gathered food for survival. Therefore most of their food was meat such as buffalo and deer. In this culture they always were migrating from place to place for more hunting. An additional thing to the Native American culture is farming. Farming is something that Natives began to rely on for a living. Some of the main crops were corn beans, and potatoes. Here is where the impacts began to take place. Trading was one of the biggest changes to the Native American’s lives. Europeans can be said to be smart people who were always looking for ways to take advantage of the natives. One of the main things that Europeans wanted was fur and leather that could only be gotten from the Indians. But the question is, “What impact did Europeans have on Natives?” The impact would be teaching Natives weaving and how to plant and grow cotton. However, Europeans also taught Natives how to ride horses along with using weapons (guns) for hunting. But, along with these good impacts is also a negative impact. The negative impact is the spread of diseases Europeans brought to the Natives (small pox). Lastly is the fighting over lands. Europeans always wanted more land than the Natives because they thought they had more rights and money. “What impact did Native Americans have on Europeans?” One of the main impact Natives Americans have on European cultures is the fact that Natives taught Europeans how cultivate. One of the main