The Europeans first started building settlements in North America in the 1500s‚ bringing not only germ cover blankets‚ but also new art techniques. Before contact with the Europeans the art style of the Native Americans consisted of carved totem poles‚ pottery decoration to show lineage‚ and complex paintings on stone. Imagery was used as a symbol of sacred events‚ rituals‚ and natural forces‚ which could include everything from celestial bodies and weather to the indigenous animals of the region
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and the American wilderness liked and respected Native Americans. They even interbred with them and sold them guns‚ which was very often illegal. Traders had a special status in Native American society. A trader could travel thousands of miles in his canoe without once being robbed or molested. Contrast that with Europe‚ where anyone from another town was fair game. However‚ the English settlers‚ after a very brief period of good relations in Massachusetts‚ came to loathe Native Americans. There
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2012 How Europeans Change the Native Americans When Europeans first explored western Virginia in the late 1600s‚ they discovered few Native Americans. However‚ their presence‚ their goods‚ and their customs had affected many Indians. These changes had shifted the Native Americans and the Europeans in survival‚ resources‚ dominancy and rivalry. At the same time‚ the Europeans had a strong interest in enabling the Indians to acquire valuable new products. Based on various reasons‚ the Europeans claim
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The culture of Europeans and the culture of Native Americans are vastly different‚ which is unsurprising considering that their societies lived on different continents with little to no interactions until European colonization. Almost all the sources of what Native American culture was like comes from the writings of Europeans‚ which means that one cannot know all the intricacies of their culture‚ but from these writings we can see some distinct differences between European and Native American culture
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From the 15th to 19th century the European colonization affected the Native American culture in many ways‚ such as diseases‚ war‚ and enslavement. Many diseases such as smallpox and measles were the main cause of the decline in the Native American population more so than war. Although they seemed to destroy Native American culture‚ they also improved it by trade. The Native American way of life changed after trading with the Europeans. At first Native Americans wanted metal products‚ which they
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major European settlements developed direct empires overseas. These settlements include the colonial empires in both North and South America and in colonial possessions in Africa and Asia. Like most colonies‚ these three had a few similarities in addition to many contrasting differences. A main similarity between the early American‚ African‚ and Asian colonies was their administration system. The early American colonies were formed by small bands of adventurers loosely controlled by European administration
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Wealth of Nations When it comes to the Europeans conquering the Americas‚ Professor Jared Diamond‚ of UCLA‚ has come up with the theory that what separated the winners from the losers‚ was not luck‚ strength‚ or numbers‚ but the lay of the land. It was the geographic locations where the diverse cultures chose to stay that determined their ability to grow‚ and flourish‚ or be left behind in terms of welfare. So‚ why exactly were the Europeans able to conquer the America’s‚ and why is it
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Culture can be defined as a system of beliefs and values that a specific group of people share‚ which ultimately make up their society. As the exploration period in Europe reached a peak‚ Europeans were being exposed to entirely new cultures previously thought to be nonexistent. Europeans coming from Spain‚ France‚ and England brought their cultures to the New World‚ but their ethnocentric beliefs and ideology of superiority would have devastating effects for Native Americans (Nichols‚ p.30). Similar
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power‚ Native Americans are also regarded to have been subjected to significant change. When the Europeans first arrived in the late 1400s‚ they brought with them the intent of not only exploring to find India‚ but also to find gold and much more wealth. The Europeans made a mistake in their navigation causing them not to arrive in India‚ but rather what they referred to as the “New World.” The Europeans had stumbled upon the Native Peoples that occupied that place. The Native Peoples were soon to
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when the Europeans started to come over to the new world‚ they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different‚ one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them‚ such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic‚ while‚ considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies‚ and they thought that the Indians society and culture should be
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