1. The Native Americans were very practical people. They would use the nature for their source of survival. They used the sky as their calendar and they relied on crops for their food supply.The Natives were warriors and they had cities‚ towns and villages. Not only did they have all these but they worshiped items instead of a god. The Europeans had an advanced culture compared to the Native Americans. They had established churches and a main religion. They also had trading systems as well as people
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The extent to which western expansion affected the lives of Native Americans is extreme. The natives weren’t made aware of the damage that was going to be caused by western expansion‚ they were essentially forced to comply‚ and the United States didn’t express the care for the native people that they should’ve humanely expressed. These points carry evidence in the form of documents‚ and will be elaborated in this essay. When the whites of the United States began preaching of their “manifest destiny”
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The colonists had always desired liberty and independence from the time they immigrated to the New World‚ but there passions were inflamed by numerous grievous actions by the British empire. It is difficult to name just four reasons‚ but I will do my best. 1) Representation. Colonists argued that it was unfair to be ruled by those whom they had not elected. Parliament claimed that the colonies were virtually represented‚ as its members looked out for the interests of the entire empire. However‚
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English 1520 James Halleman Alcohol and the American Colonists American history shows that our ancestors were heavy drinkers. Why did the colonists drink so much? To understand the logic of our ancestors heavy drinking‚ we think about colonial life. What drinking resources were available to them? What kind of life did they live? New England water was polluted and cow’s milk caused “sickness” (tuberculosis). New England had cold winters. What did they have to keep warm? Whatever dangers heavy
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The first trial conducted began with a Native American woman‚ and fear of Native American religious customs in comparison to traditional religious customs of the Europeans contributed to the panic colonists felt towards the idea of witchcraft. The Indian woman who tested the first two girls suspected of being witches carried out an important role in the witch trials because she confessed “that she was a Witch‚ and that she and with the two others accused did torment and bewitch the com-plainers.”
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was the year 1756 and the British had just won The French and Indian War. All colonists were now under British rule. The French and Indian War was a long fought war that lasted seven years meaning the war was expensive. The British Parliament then decided to impose a tax on paper to make up for the expenses of the war and to repay the British Soldiers. The Tax was fairly cheap (ten cents)‚ at the time‚ however‚ many of the colonists had just felt as if they had been threatened to pay such a foolish
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Introduction The Trail of Tears was a time where five Native American tribes were forced from their homes. The Trail of Tears has lots of different perspectives‚ including but not limited to‚ the Cherokee Tribe and the government’s perspectives for and opposed to the mass migration. When the Native Americans were forced from their homes‚ the main tribe affected was the Cherokee. FIRST PARAGRAPH On the Trail of Tears‚ the five tribes forced from their homes were the Cherokee‚ the Chickasaw‚ the
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The Columbian Exchange altered the political and economic of Indians negatively and successfully through the population decrease‚ alliances with Europeans‚ and wars with Europeans. The population of Indians in the New World greatly altered the political and economic society there. After 1492‚ 90% of all Indians had died due to disease from the Europeans‚ greatly weakening the power and supremacy of certain Indian tribes. Tribes like the Inca‚ Maya‚ and Aztec were all some of the strongest tribes
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Europeans and Indians differed in many ways‚ but also had few similarities. When Europeans appeared there were cities‚ irrigation systems‚ roads‚ and a basic trade network. Catholicism was the Europeans religion. They supported the use of missionary work and trusted the Pope. Europeans believed that land represented wealth and power. They assumed it was okay to take land from others. Gender relations for Europeans were traditional. The man controlled the property and was the head of the household
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the establishment of a covenant with God‚ was initially rather promising‚ they did not firmly follow what they
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