pg.2) Native Americans and Europeans were similar in many ways‚ though still having differences among themselves; their distinctive ideas on gods and the spirit world informed their political systems and animated their approaches to trade and warfare. (Textbook‚ pg.2) Horticulture societies allowed for a more sedentary lifestyle‚ which in turn led to greater social‚ political‚ and religious development. (Farless‚ lecture 1.11) Before the arrival of the Europeans‚ most Native Americans believed and
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com CONTACT: Europeans & Amerindians I. Overview—big ideas By 1600 Europeans had created the world’s first truly global economy. Meanwhile‚ the "age of discovery" resulted in the greatest human catastrophe the world has ever known: 90% of Amerindians died by 1600; slavery of tens of millions of Africans. Cultural differences between European and Amerindians were so immense that major conflict occurred in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th centuries. Summary of relations between the three major colonial
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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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There was a world of difference between the 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
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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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ownership of land. The case between the Native Americans and the European settlers was no different. Europe was becoming overpopulated which prompted brave individuals to venture across the Atlantic Ocean to claim land in the New World. Their claim of land became an issue as the land was already occupied by the Natives. More settlers came and eventually colonies sprung up‚ which proceeded to push the Natives westwards from their land. Assaults on the colonists by Native Americans to defend their way of
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The Coming Together Of Two Worlds The Encounter between the Europeans and Native Americans was one of mutual cultural that brought both several favorable and unfortunate outcomes to each other. These two different cultures exchanged many ideas that changed the ways they had once lived before. When these two different worlds collided they were both introduced to multiple crops and animals they had never seen‚ tasted‚ or even heard of. Numerous crops that grow around the world today came from the
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cultural differences. Both civilizations had different morals and values‚ consequently affecting their mindset. The African tribes had the ability to live side by side because of how their society was set up. There could have also been a uniting value with the African tribes. This could be assumed because it’s shown within the documentary how similar their languages were‚ meaning that they all most likely had a common denominator. They were understanding of each other‚ whereas the Europeans didn’t
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French and European trade-unions. The power of trade-unions et its importance depend on the national habits. That’s why we can oposed two main type of trade-unions in Europe: In the first hand‚ german or scandinav trade-unions which are reformists and priviligee negociations between employers and employees; and in the other hand‚ latin trade-unions‚ as the french one‚ which are more revolutionary and act through strikes in order to defend salarees This difference makes us understand that there’s
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European and Native American ideas of freedom differed in that liberty and freedom were concepts that were natural ingredients to Native American government‚ where as for Europeans‚ freedom had a lot more to do with “Freedom in Christ” rather than freedoms within the government. Even though in Europe‚ women were being burned alive for being suspected of being witches and criminals were publicly whipped‚ they thought that the Natives were barbaric because they had no formal government. In addition
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