Settlers Vs Native American Settlers

When Christopher Columbus arrived in America in 1492, it was the beginning of the end for the natives that lived there. Right away there were obvious differences between the two cultures. The settlers saw themselves as superior and tried to force the Natives into taking on the European way of life. Although the settlers were friendly towards the Natives at first, war eventually broke out when they tried to protect their land. They slowly became the minority population of the United States. The genocide of the Native American people was not the end result that the settlers were desiring, however, the result only leaves an estimated 5 million natives in America today. Many tribes accepted the Western ways, including the leadership and religion
Born in 1510, Coronado first set sail for New Spain (now Mexico) in 1535. By 1536, Coronado had married the daughter of Alonso de Estrada, which awarded him a great amount of land. Years later, in 1540, rumors of the Seven Golden Cities came to Coronado, and he was immediately obsessed. He teamed up with other explorers, and decided he would lead a team of 300 Spaniards and over 1,000 natives on a major expedition to find the immense wealth. Distracted by the obsession, Coronado and his men eventually discovered the first city, four months later. However, what they found was the Zuni Pueblo town of Hawikuh (now New Mexico), nothing what they were expecting. Coronado used violence to seize the town, but was wounded during the attack. Despite the damage, Coronado pushed forward in search of more fortune, however, he and his men seemed to find nothing. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado is a perfect example of the typical Spanish Conquistador. Greed, obsession with fortune, violent, and disrespect for the natives seems to be the theme of all Spanish explorers. Though Coronado did not obtain the wealth and fame he was looking for, he is known for being a part of the
A group of about 100 members called the Virginia Company were the ones to establish this first permanent English settlement along the James River. Although uninhabited by natives, by June 15th the settlers had built a fort to protect them from possible enemies, including the Spaniards. However, famine, disease and conflict with the local Native American tribes nearly brought Jamestown to its destruction within the first two years. When a new group of settlers arrived in 1610 to revive the town, tobacco became Virginia's first successful export. Shortly after there was a time of peace that followed the marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas who was the daughter of the Algonquian chief. However this peace would not last due to the death of Pocahontas and her father. The new chief of the Powhatan tribe, Opechancanough, became tired of the expansion of the English settlers and devised a planned and detailed attack onto the settlers. Although a little boy warned the Indians not to attack Jamestown, therefore it was left untouched. The attack began a day before the actual fighting when the Natives brought meats, fruits and other gifts to settlers to cover up their real plan. In the morning of the next day while the Natives were walking calmly among the settlers they began to attack them with their our harvesting tools. They killed the servants, families, and workers in the fields. They