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There were many reasons for the scorn the Europeans felt towards the Natives Americans. According to the video “The Back Legend: Native Americans and Spaniards” by John Green, the indian culture in many aspects, was the exactly opposite of the European culture. The natives did not live in classical style civilizations, while the Europeans lived in castles and big feudal houses, seeing the land as individual property while the Indians saw land as communal. Europeans were technically advanced while the Native Americans did not have any metal work, no gun power and no wheels, making them an easy target for unfair trades. While the Europeans were writing novels, poetry and many other literary works, the natives did not have written languages,
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