What Is Franklin's Argument in "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America"? What Examples Does He Provide to Prove This Argument?
Throughout the entire document it gives example after example of ways the Indians respect the white peoples values and cultures and in return and in return the Americans believe the Indians values are barbaric. Benjamin Franklin was explaining the differences between the Indians and the Americans and asking, why should the Native Americans be called savages just because their lifestyle is different than others. One of the first examples given was, in 1744 at the Treaty of Lancaster the Six Nations thought it would be a good idea to make a proposal asking the Indians to send some of their young men to college in Virginia so they could teach them the lifestyle that the Americans know and practice. Ben Franklin wanted to represent the Native American people as smart and educated, just not in the same way the British were used to. The Indians had no police or anyone to govern their tribes and nobody to punish them. Ben Franklin made quite a few observations in this essay. The first one he spoke of was a...
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