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    Conflicts Between New Settlers and Native Population Early English settlers viewed the native populations as little more than savages and a primitive people that were inferior to them. The English believed that‚ since they were an inferior people‚ their land could be taken and claimed for the English so that they could continue to expand and settle new areas and mire towns and villages. In this Essay I aim to Explain the views of the colonists about the native populations as well as the views

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    families the Montauges and the Capulets are locked in a chaotic fued on the city’s streets that would prevent them from ever being together. Romeo is from the Montague family and Juliet is from the Capulet family. In this extract Romeo meets and has his first conversation with Juliet at the great hall of the Capulets. Prior to this extract Romeo has sneaked into the party and when he sees Juliet he completely forgets about Rosalina‚ he asks a servant who she is but he does not know who she is. Tybalt hears

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    Assignment #1 Chapter 1 Thinking Through The Past 1. Each text has a very respectful and innocent way of describing the indian culture. The first text describes the Indian culture as being diverse‚ listing their different tribes. Also acknowledging their accuracy in constructing calendars‚ temples‚ weaving baskets‚ building homes of clay‚ and raising crops. The second text does not describe the Indians quite as much but doesn’t fail to mention the marriage of Indian woman and daughter of chief Pocahontas

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    The first contacts between the Native American and the Europeans began officially at the end of the fifteenth century. In 1492‚ explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus discovers America by docking in the West Indies. This event will mark the beginning of major explorations. It is to be admitted that the relationship between the first European settlers and the Native Americans are established according to the western perceptions of the time. Given that the Europeans were the one who took the initiative

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    The Cherokee were horticulturalists supplementing this with foraging. Cherokee were matrilineal‚ with strict divisions of labor as women working on the gardens and taking care of the children while the men did the hunting and gathering. The plants they planted mostly were corn and beans. The Cherokee were mostly egalitarian and disliked controversy. They believed everything had a spiritual connection and had power‚ when the men went gathering and hunting the men had to perform rituals to appease

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    and the Pacific. When and how did mankind first come to the Americas and the Caribbean? Over the years this has puzzled scientists‚ but most of them agree that man first came to the Americas by way of Asia. If we look at a map of the

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    Americans. Indian beliefs were based off of spiritual guidance from mother earth and their elders. They loved and respected the land and their people. Indians appreciated all the land‚ animals and people they came into contact with for they believed in treating all people equal. The Aztec chief was told by a “macebual (common man) that towers or small mountains floating on the waves of the sea” ( Miguel Leon-Portilla‚ 13). These floating things also had people on them that were foreign to the Indians

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    1600’s settlers in Jamestown had problems with the Powhatan confederacy after a colonist killed their leader. Other settlements such as Plymouth fared better with the natives. A Patucet Indian named Squanto saved the pilgrims by teaching them how to farm. Some natives chose a peaceful approach‚ but others like Chief Pontiac attacked settlements. American settlers upset natives by continuing to move west. In 1790‚ natives were supplied with guns by the British to fight the American settlers.

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    European settlers went through many changes after the discovery of New America because of Christopher Columbus voyage. The Europeans accidentally found the American land which was originally owned by Native American tribes. The Native American culture was very liberal and had very different lifestyles when it came to beliefs in religion‚ owning land‚ medicines‚ hunting farming and family. The Native Americans did not see people as enemies and believed that many people could be invited to join their

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    Human beings can give up many things to achieve happiness‚ sometimes they could be only be beneficial to themselves and be harmful for others. In the book‚ Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth shows how he can do wrongful deeds such as committing murder to achieve his own happiness. Only after killing Duncan does he realize that he might have done something wrong and unjustful for the people around him‚ but later he murders yet another friend to keep his own happiness while disturbing others

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