European And European Problems With Indians And Europeans

Problems with Indians and Europeans started very quickly and the biggest problem was about land that would not be solved over the next hundreds of years. Owning land was extremely important to the European settlers. In Europe owning land meant wealth and owning large amounts means that person has great wealth and political power. Indians however, believed no one could own land. They believed that anyone could use it. If anyone wanted to live or farm on the land could do so. Indians lived with nature and they understood the land and the environment and try not to change it.
Another problem between the Indians and the Europeans was understanding each other’s religions. Europeans thought Christianity was the one true faith, and that all people
should believe in it. Then the Indians were satisfied with their own spiritual beliefs and were not interested in changing them they believe all things in the universe depend on each other. As a result, many Europeans came to believe that the Native Americans could not be trusted because they were not Christians.
Another serious problem was diseases that the settlers brought from Europe. For example the disease small pox was unknown to the Indians and their bodies defense system could not fight the bacteria and killed whole tribes. The first meeting was when two groups met as friends and started trading for food and other goods. But didn’t last long crisis happened and fear could replace their friendship.