When the Europeans arrived in the Americas‚ in 1492‚ they greatly changed the Native American’s way of life. There were four major things the Europeans brought to the Native Americans: disease‚ war‚ technology‚ and Christianity. These‚ among many other things‚ massively effected the lives of most‚ and ultimately all of the Native Americans. The effects of most of these are still being felt today‚ although to a lesser extent. First‚ and most devastating is disease. For thousands of years the people
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Europeans and Native Americans in America Wars between Native Americans and Europeans with Americans have had quite a few similarities. In many of the different conflicts between American’s and the Europeans‚ the Europeans have almost always had Native American allies. This has created quite a difficulty between the American’s and the Europeans and Native Americans. American citizens often were more brutal and less professional when it came to war. Therefore‚ many of the Indians wanted to side
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80‚000 Native Americans? Well in the year 1532‚ a Spanish conquistador known as Francisco Pizarro invaded the New World. He quickly got into a conflict with the largest state of the New World and managed to capture the absolute monarch‚ Atahuallpa. Francisco charged a ransom for his release and even after the ransom was given‚ he killed Atahuallpa. They were defeated and this cycle was continued by more Spanish conquistadors until the Native Americans were completely defeated. The Europeans were able
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Native American Relations During the numerous years of colonization‚ the relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans of the area was usually the same. Native Americans would initially consider the settlers to be allies‚ then as time passed‚ they would be engaged in wars with them in a struggle for control of the land. This process of friendship to enemies seemed to be the basic pattern in the majority of the colonies. When the English landed in Jamestown in 1607‚ the
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When the Europeans and African settlers arrived to North America‚ they were welcomed with an abundance of untouched resources readily available for the settlers personal use. The settlers would take advantage of this opportunity and would claim the resources immediately. Capital that would grab the interest of the settlers would be land‚ wood‚ indigenous species‚ and mineral resources. Settlers saw these resources as an opportunity to increase personal wealth and took advantage of what they had available
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both hastened assimilation of Native Americans into white society and the transfer of Native Land to whites was the Indian Intercourse Act (1790). This action stated that Indians who owned land could not have it taken away unless it was given to white settlers or taken by the "right of conquest." In other words‚ this act ensured that white settlers would harass and attack Indians in order to compel them to cede their land to whites‚ and if they did not then white settlers had the right to exercise their
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In the late 19th century‚ Americans started settling in the West rapidly. Just like Americans‚ Indians had their way of things. Once Americans settled problems started to occur. The problems between them were how they both thought about land‚ thoughts on religion‚ and disease. These problems showed how the Native Americans and the white settlers interacted. The first difference in the way they interacted was how they thought about land. To the white settlers‚ owning land was extremely important
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Conflict with Native Americans Read pages 261-267 Cultural differences between settlers and Native Americans often led to conflict between them. White settlers believed they could make better use of the land than Native Americans. The government took the side of the settlers and pushed the Native Americans into reservations to give settlers the land. Beliefs on land use and government strongly differed between Native Americans and settlers. Many settlers felt justified in taking Native American land for
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Europeans settle the America continent as their focus is the conversion of the natives into Europeans. The white population grow rapidly as deals is made. The westward movement push the Indian more distant from the Atlantic shore. As a result‚ the Indians land are no longer untouchable and the final invasion of Indians homeland begin with the Daves Act of 1887. There are many ways that the Europeans impact the Indians through changes. The Europeans settle in the Indian world change such as the living
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The relationship between the puritan settlers and the native Americans changed overtime between 1620 and 1676. In 1620‚ when the first Puritan settlers arrived on the mayflower‚ the two groups were apprehensive to meet each other. When they first truly met‚ they made agreements with each other. One group of natives‚ the Wampanoags‚ had a strong bond with the settlers. The group effectively saved the pilgrims from starvation and other hostile tribes. The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags had a strong bond
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