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What Were Native Americans Before Colonization
Native Americans before colonization had rich and diverse cultures, religions, and languages. If I was a Native American during European colonization, I would feel threatened by the settlers. The new settlers are a different skin color, have different animals, different beliefs, and different weapons. Moreover, humans naturally fear what is different. I know that if I was an Indian and saw these strange colored men riding these never before seen animals I would be weary. Native Americans had to deal with Europeans trespassing on their homes and were always in danger from European attack. I would also think that it would be a huge coincidence that natives were dying around the time the Europeans came around. I would take that as some kind of …show more content…
The natives were cheated in the treaties because they did not know English (Occupation). It was probably worse for the Aztecs. If some people from a prophecy showed up and then tried to steal all my gold I would be furious. The French were probably the nicest folks to the natives. Therefore, if I met one I would spare him, because they were allies in trade. The natives that had not yet met colonists still had self-determination. The ones that were not so lucky were the ones that died or were enslaved by the colonists. About 650,000 Indians in coastal Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Honduras were enslaved in the sixteenth century (Gallay). They would have died later anyways because of diseases. I would hate the colonists because of what I would see them do to native and African American slaves. If I was a Native American and I had to find a way of confronting the colonists, I would probably have gone to war with them. The colonists kept taking their territories and forced the Native Americans out of their villages. Eventually if you push enough, they are going to push back. They could also try to work together like the Pilgrims, but I definitely

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