European Vs Native American Research Paper

In the beginning the Europeans were ecstatic that they had found a “new world” that was uninhabited. Finding this “new world” would solve many problems that the Europeans faced, many wanted to have religious freedom to worship anyone/anything that they pleased. The “new world” was the perfect place to move and have religious freedom. After exploring and being in the “new world” for a while the explorers realized that the “new world” was inhabited after all. However, they did not view the inhabitants as people, they viewed them as savages and slaves. The natives were just as surprised to see the Europeans. The natives thought that the Europeans were gods when they first saw them because they were white and were riding horses, neither of those had been seen by the natives
Europeans and the natives viewed society differently. One of the biggest differences was how they viewed land. Europeans wanted to own land and a lot of it, because in England they were too poor to own anything. Owning land meant that one was wealthy to the Europeans. However, the natives believed that no one could or should own the land. They believed that anyone could use the land, for whatever they wanted. Another major difference was religion. Many of the Europeans that came to the “new world” came for religious freedom, many of these were christians. The Europeans believed that the natives did not believe in anything and they began to distrust them because they were not religious. Although, the natives were in fact very religious. They believed that things of nature had powers, for instance, the sun was a god to them. Eventually, both the Europeans and the natives became peaceful and decided to help each other. The natives helped teach the Europeans how to grow their own food and the Europeans gave the natives weapons and