Difference Between English Settlers And Native Americans

The difference in how Indians and Englishmen used land lead to a controversy in their definitions of property and subsequently a difference in how each group viewed prosperity; Indians viewed prosperity as having the most political influence while English saw it as having more available commodities but both took on the same attitude in order to achieve it. From the very beginning it was evident how different Native Americans were from English settlers. One particular difference, land use, indirectly caused a huge divide in how each group obtained fortune. This difference lead to a difference in how each defined property which finally lead to a difference in how one used that property to obtain wealth. The way each group used land directly relates to their culture and is thus expressed in how
In Benjamin Franklin’s Advice to a Young Tradesman and The Way to Wealth, he describes how one should want little until he has amassed a fortune. Franklin talks about how one should try his hardest at his chosen profession and not to spend hours you could be working on useless activities. Franklin also described how one should obtain what is necessary in order to gain wealth. Despite the fact settlers never acknowledged the similarity of the two groups, Indians also believed in only owning what was necessary and little more (Cronon 61). They spent their time wisely between hunting, fishing and growing crops and moving settlements during different season according to what was plentiful (Cronon 53).Indians were careful to keep the landscape in order so that when one means of finding food failed they had other reliable sources. Like the English, Indians grew crops and traded in order to gain what they could not make themselves (Cronon 53-92). Both groups believed that by constantly working hard without wants, one could eventually gain the prosperity they