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    tribes and allow white settlers to claim former Native American territories and lay down railroad tracks. Treaties were created to bring peace by giving the Native Americans food‚ blankets‚ housing‚ and clothes. However‚ the 1867 Peace Commission failed to accomplish their goals. While Tribal Leaders agreed to move to the reservations‚ people of the tribe did not want to leave their homes and refused to move. War parties were opposed to reservations and fought white settlers. Satanta and Quanah Parker

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    White Settlers Did Not Carve America Out of the Untamed Wilderness “America’s Hometown” other wise known as Plymouth‚ was the chosen location in which the puritans chose to settle. They set sail from Plymouth‚ England around 1620 on the Mayflower and decided to take settlement in a abandoned Indian village off the coast Cape cod. When the pilgrims have landed many of them were amazed by how the forest were so easily domesticated with wide paths that‚” the forest could be penetrated even by a large

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    The relationship between the puritan settlers and the native Americans changed overtime between 1620 and 1676. In 1620‚ when the first Puritan settlers arrived on the mayflower‚ the two groups were apprehensive to meet each other. When they first truly met‚ they made agreements with each other. One group of natives‚ the Wampanoags‚ had a strong bond with the settlers. The group effectively saved the pilgrims from starvation and other hostile tribes. The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags had a strong bond

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    WHAT IS AREA 51…. Introduction Area 51 is a military base‚ and a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States‚ 83 miles (133 km) north-northwest of Las Vegas. Situated at its center‚ on the southern shore of Groom Lake‚ is a large military airfield. The base’s primary purpose is undetermined; however‚ based on historical evidence‚ it appears to support development

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    "What Rights Did Women Have" What rights do you bealive a women has compared to a man? Do you think they have just as much or less than a hard working respectable man. If you aren’t sure about your answer then continue reading about an officer of the Women’s Rights from 1848-1928. Today it is November of 1903 and there are me‚ and many other guards and police officers waiting on the landing dock of Plymouth‚ England. Around noon the steam boat appeared out of the misty

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    For thousands of years there have been conflicts over the 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

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    Native American have suffered due to White Settlers. White Settles moved out west and then there was conflict with White settler and Native Americans. When the White Settlers moved westward‚ they started killing Buffalo and Native Americans had to depended on buffalo for food‚ clothing‚ and shelter. The movement started with farmers who drove the Cotton Kingdom toward the west. More individuals started to move out west alongside the Cotton Kingdom with expectations of discovering gold in California

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    Relationships Between Native Americans and European Explorers/Settlers The indigenous Native Americans and the European explorers of the 16th and 17th century were two very different and distinct groups of people. The Native Americans were usually peaceful until threatened. Although they did not have much technology‚ they knew the land well and used their resources very efficiently. On the other hand‚ the European settlers‚ though more advanced as a civilization‚ proved a bit more violent

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    In the early 1800s‚ White settlements were expanding westward. This threatened the Cherokee land which was located in the Southeastern part of the United States. This left the Cherokee with a big decision to make for their entire tribe. Would they relocate West ‚or stay for the White settlements to invade where they call home. After all‚ the Cherokee had owned the land for over 10‚000 years. It was not the United States’ land to take. This is why many of the Cherokee Nation felt the need to stay

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    What impact did the Vikings have on North Britain? Shortly before the ninth century‚ North-west Europe was exposed to raids and attacks from the Scandinavians. They had discovered the wealth that could be obtained from the richer communities of Britain and Frankia‚ both in currency and natural resources (the latter being found especially in Ireland). As time went on‚ during the course of the ninth century‚ the leaders of the attacks on these countries grew more ambitious and soon there were different

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