Iroquois Indian Exchange
Lucy Shen 9/9/07 1st pd.
When Christopher Columbus first set foot upon the New World and began trading with the natives he incorrectly dubbed "Indians", he had no idea that his bartering would eventually lead to immense contact between the Native Americans and Europeans. Cultural and economic influences flowed both ways in this exchange of societies between Native Americans and both the French and British.
France, a late arriver in the New World, established its first settlement at Quebec in the form of a granite sentinel overlooking the St. Lawrence River. Commander of this fort Samuel de Champlain started off on a good foot with the Huron Indian tribes by helping them fight their enemies, the Iroquois Confederacy. A few shots by the white …show more content…
Under the influence of fear of the French, the Iroquois also allied with the British in the struggle for North America, eventually leading to their downfall when they continued allying with the British during the Revolutionary War. The Iroquois did however have neutral relations with the French because New France had an important resource that drew the eyes of both Europeans and Indians; the beaver. But the Indians who were recruited into the fur business suffered immense disadvantages. They were ravaged by diseases that they had never encountered before and therefore had no defense for and were completely corrupted by alcohol. In exchange for their goods, the Indians received European products, both practical, such as iron tools and utensils, and decorative, such as bright-colored cloth and beads. They welcomed the …show more content…
Its first settlement at Jamestown, Virginia was established a year before France's arrival. The early colonists first named the Native Americans incorrectly as the "Powhatans" under the name of their powerful leader. Soon, the Old and New World began to mix. The settlers brought new plants and animals with them such as grass, dandelions, pigs and horses that the Indians later used. They also adopted Indian crops such as corn, beans, and potatoes which later revolutionized the whole world. Relations stayed peaceful if not stable. But soon settlers who were too busy searching for gold and forgot to plant food began to starve. They took to raiding Indian villages for supplies which angered the Natives and shattered the relationship between the two. With the arrival of Lord de la Warr, the colonists began to take military action against the Indians, leading to a war against the Indians. Englishmen raided villages, burned houses, and plundered. Although a peace settlement concluded this First Anglo-Powhatan War and an interracial union was created when John Rolfe and Pocahontas were married, the fragile respite that followed was broken when the Indians struck back in 1622. They had been hard pressed for land and ravaged by English disease to which they had no defense to and couldn't take it anymore. After failing to uproot the English, the Indians fell into a sullen trade relationship with the Englishmen. Firearms and
When Christopher Columbus first set foot upon the New World and began trading with the natives he incorrectly dubbed "Indians", he had no idea that his bartering would eventually lead to immense contact between the Native Americans and Europeans. Cultural and economic influences flowed both ways in this exchange of societies between Native Americans and both the French and British.
France, a late arriver in the New World, established its first settlement at Quebec in the form of a granite sentinel overlooking the St. Lawrence River. Commander of this fort Samuel de Champlain started off on a good foot with the Huron Indian tribes by helping them fight their enemies, the Iroquois Confederacy. A few shots by the white …show more content…
Under the influence of fear of the French, the Iroquois also allied with the British in the struggle for North America, eventually leading to their downfall when they continued allying with the British during the Revolutionary War. The Iroquois did however have neutral relations with the French because New France had an important resource that drew the eyes of both Europeans and Indians; the beaver. But the Indians who were recruited into the fur business suffered immense disadvantages. They were ravaged by diseases that they had never encountered before and therefore had no defense for and were completely corrupted by alcohol. In exchange for their goods, the Indians received European products, both practical, such as iron tools and utensils, and decorative, such as bright-colored cloth and beads. They welcomed the …show more content…
Its first settlement at Jamestown, Virginia was established a year before France's arrival. The early colonists first named the Native Americans incorrectly as the "Powhatans" under the name of their powerful leader. Soon, the Old and New World began to mix. The settlers brought new plants and animals with them such as grass, dandelions, pigs and horses that the Indians later used. They also adopted Indian crops such as corn, beans, and potatoes which later revolutionized the whole world. Relations stayed peaceful if not stable. But soon settlers who were too busy searching for gold and forgot to plant food began to starve. They took to raiding Indian villages for supplies which angered the Natives and shattered the relationship between the two. With the arrival of Lord de la Warr, the colonists began to take military action against the Indians, leading to a war against the Indians. Englishmen raided villages, burned houses, and plundered. Although a peace settlement concluded this First Anglo-Powhatan War and an interracial union was created when John Rolfe and Pocahontas were married, the fragile respite that followed was broken when the Indians struck back in 1622. They had been hard pressed for land and ravaged by English disease to which they had no defense to and couldn't take it anymore. After failing to uproot the English, the Indians fell into a sullen trade relationship with the Englishmen. Firearms and