The European nations all had at least one thing in common when they came to the Americas and that was to increase their wealth. The Europeans thought of themselves as bold‚ fearless‚ and heroic explorers that sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to discover a new kind of world. The Native Americans believed the Europeans were ruthless marauders. The truth is that both the Europeans and Native Americans’ viewpoints were right. The Americas were unknown and nonexistent to Europeans until their courageous
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During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ when the Europeans started to come over to the new world‚ they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different‚ one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them‚ such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic‚ while‚ considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies‚ and they thought that
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Long Essay #1 The contact between Europeans‚ Native Americans‚ and West Africans helped to create and develope the New World. All three of these groups had different views of the world and different cultures. All of their ideas and beliefs coming together in the Americas helped shape the the New World in many ways. The Native Americans already came over to the New World by crossing a land bridge called the Bering Strait long before the Europeans or anyone else had gotten there. After time these
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The European expansion lead to economic growth for those that set out for new lands. However‚ the natives lost a majority of their assets due to European’s take what they find attribute. An exquisite case of this is in that of the Spanish conquistador‚ Francisco Pizarro‚ who overthrew the Incas and achieved great riches from his endeavors. This resulted in the devastation and ruin of native cultures‚ land‚ and economy. Opposing the economic loss and gain‚ both the inhabitants and Europeans suffered
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Life for the Native people of the Americas during the European colonization period wasn’t cordial. As the Spanish‚ French‚ and the Dutch nations conquered territory in the new world‚ they pillaged cities‚ stole resources‚ forced many into cruel labor‚ and destroyed native culture. Subsequently‚ they established their own rigorous commands to which the natives had to adhere. The powerful European nations came to America with different ideas toward colonization. Some were eager to conquer lands and
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How Christian and Native American Bibles are different and how they are the same. There are many different stories on how the world was made‚ nothing ever is the same. There once was a tree‚ that you couldn’t take or eat from because it was forbidden. The Christian is where you can’t eat from the tree because it give you powers only God can have. The Native American is where you can’t eat or take the roots from the tree. In both stories the women did what they weren’t supposed to do and ate from
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Native Americans had no other option than assimilation. Today‚ we have the right to choose. Back in the days you had rights only if you were part of the elite society‚ in this case‚ a white person. White people were so hungry power that they did whatever they had to as to gain all the land that belonged to the Native Americans. They took advantage of the inocense of the Native Americans and achieved their goals. Whites wanted total control over the Native Americans‚ they forced them to assimilation
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Native Americans and European Compare/Contrast Essay Europeans lived a much more modern way of life than the primitive lifestyle of Native Americans. Europeans referred to themselves as "civilized" and regarded Native Americans as "savage‚" "heathen‚" or "barbarian." Their interaction provoked by multiple differences led to misunderstanding and sometimes conflict. These two cultures‚ having been isolated from one another‚ exhibited an extensive variation in their ideals. Europeans and Native
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During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ when the Europeans started to come over to the new world‚ they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different‚ one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them‚ such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic‚ while‚ considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies‚ and they thought that the
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century‚ Europeans made the voyage to a “new world” in order to achieve dreams of opportunity and riches. In this other world the Europeans came upon another people‚ which naturally led to a cultural exchange between different groups of people. Although we commonly refer to European and Indian relations as being between just two very different groups of people‚ it is important to recognize this is not entirely true. Although the settlers of the new world are singularly referred to as Europeans‚ each
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