The Euro-American Colonization

History is the study of past events. It tells us about what happened in the past and why it happened, as well as an outlook on human affairs. People usually study history to learn about past events and to build upon them. These events could be either negative or positive and play a significant role in peoples’ lives. Colonization of North America played an important role in shaping lives of indigenous people. The colonizers were Euro-Americans such as, Britain, France, Spain and Portugal. The history of colonization of North America is rich with events that played out upon the indigenous lives and political landscape; the Euro-Americans did not like the indigenous people and did not want them around. Thus, Euro-Americans used different methods
These paths played an important role in the colonizers’ venture into indigenous controlled territories. An example of these paths would be treaties that were done between the Euro-Americans and indigenous for the sake of the colonizers. Perhaps the most well-known treaty was the “Indian treaty” that stripped Indians’ lands away from them. In most cases, the indigenous people were excellent negotiators about lands ownership; “the Cherokees succeeded in retaining about seven hundred thousand acres, including lands in north eastern Alabama to which they had the strongest claim.” However, most of the treaties were unfair because they were not nation to nation
Social cohesion means that group of one society are tight together and help each other in accomplishing anything. This was obvious in the indigenous political system where everyone took part in defending and negotiating their land even the tribe leaders; they took part in daily activities in their tribes. “One day a group of Indians fearlessly made their way into Narvaez’s camp. They were led by a native lord, who was being carried on the shoulders of a porter.” That is, indigenous leaders participated in negotiations and exchanging gifts rather than sending envoys as the Euro-Americans would usually do. Another indigenous political aspect that led to challenging the colonizers motivations and objective was their political system which was not built upon slavery neither practiced. “Yet it is also important to note that societies like Capoques and Hans were not slaving societies in the sense that they did not actively procure and exploit slave labor.” This played an important role in their lives and advancing their political system. Further, the indigenous political system helped the indigenous people to survive the Euro-colonization by groups of indigenous conspiring against each other. An example of this would be when the Cherokee tribes allied with Americans against the Creek