relationship between the Europeans and the indigenous people varied from place to place. In general‚ Europeans never considered the indigenous people as their equal. The Europeans and the Native Americans had such different beliefs on religion‚ farming practices‚ economic practices and political practices that the Europeans always thought as themselves as better than the Native Americans. The relationship between the Europeans and the Africans was unequal. The Europeans thought of the Africans as
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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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The Columbian Exchange Historical Context: In the late 1400s‚ European explorers found the North American continent. Native American peoples who were already living in North America had created a system of government and society that rivaled Europe ’s. The cultural and biological exchange between the "New World" and the "Old World" (North America and Europe‚ respectively) is often called the Columbian Exchange in reference to Christopher Columbus. Directions: The following question is based on
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When the Europeans landed in the Americas‚ they were surprised to find that other people had already populated the land. These people came to be known as Indians to the Europeans‚ and Native Americans to us today. They were called Indians due to the fact that the Europeans at first thought that they were in India‚ as they stumbled across the Americas whilst looking for a quicker shipping route to India‚ not knowing the fast land masses that separated Europe and India. Eventually though they discovered
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a huge variety with different traditions and cultures which the Europeans became aware of the more they explored the Americas. However‚ the Europeans too‚ were considerably different with their aims and this therefore created different results from each relationship between the two. The Europeans were interested in a variety of things when they went across the Atlantic to the Indies‚ for example‚ the assistance of the Native Americans as military allies and valuable resources. The valuable resources
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Risky Relations: A closer look at the relationships between Native Americans and European settlers during the seventeenth century At the start of the seventeenth century‚ Native Americans greeted European settlers with much excitement. They regarded settlers as strange‚ but were interested to learn about the new tools and weapons Europeans brought with them. The native people were more than accommodating to the settlers‚ but as time passed‚ Europeans took advantage of their generosity. “Once
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Reasons the Europeans Were Victorious The European explorers were able were able to defeat the Native Americans and overpower the West Africans was due to many proximate and ultimate factors that granted the Europeans the advantage. The proximate factors that helped the Europeans were their guns‚ germs‚ and steel. The Europeans had built immunity to many of the diseases and germs that they had been exposed to over the years while in Europe. But the Native Americans had never seen such diseases
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RUNNING HEADING: The European influence on Native American The European influence on Native American By Eric Orr COM 220 Axia College Melanie Jeffrey‚ Instructor By early 1600s the Native American formed a confederacy to work against the Europeans. The Europeans influence the culture of the Native American by bring diseases‚ constant warfare because the over taking of land‚ guns‚ steel hatchets‚ pots‚ and kettles of brass ‚and even the way to
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number of similarities‚ the Europeans of the early 16th century had many differences with the Native Americans of the same era. When the Europeans first "discovered" the Americas in the late 1400s-early 1500s‚ they expected to find a land filled with savages that had little or no intelligence or technological advancements. However‚ these European explorers came to realize that the Native Americans were far more civilized than they had imagined. When the first European explorers reached North America
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two cultures ‚ Europeans and Native American. Europeans had established communities where they lived and worked. Native Americans had settlements but they moved around a lot they were nomadic . Europeans were usually Christians ‚ but Native Americans believed more in the existence and powers of many other spirits . They had strong‚ central leadership while the Natives tended to do things in harmony ‚ consensus . They also had a little regard for women ‚ while many Native cultures were actually
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