the social and political relations between the Native Americans and the Europeans had begun with much tension. Many Europeans came to the Americas with the intention of discovery. However‚ when it became apparent that these new lands were inhibited the motives changed‚ and then the natives were colonized‚ abused‚ and in many cases killed. From then and throughout the impending periods of time‚ the relations between the natives and the Europeans had a few points of mutual peacefulness‚ but were
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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 was a serious
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European Expansion and Native American Losses When the European colonies arrived to the land we now call America‚ the Native Americans’ way of life was destroyed. Europeans brought over diseases such as smallpox‚ measles‚ and malaria‚ all of which were never before exposed to the Native Americans. Disease wasn’t the only thing that the Europeans brought over. Along with Disease‚ Europeans also brought their culture‚ lifestyle‚ and their lust for land. The population of the Native Americans
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(Textbook‚ 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
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The results of my IAT test were kind of confusing‚ but it said that I preferred Native Americans and whites the same‚ so the way I took it is that I’m not prejudice against Native Americans. Yes‚ I do think that the results were valid; I do wish that they were easier to understand but the test was actually fun I have never taken a test of prejudice before and it was really interesting. I do not think that measuring prejudice would be that easy‚ because there are dishonest people in the world that
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The European nations all had at least one thing in common when they came to the Americas and that was to increase their wealth. The Europeans thought of themselves as bold‚ fearless‚ and heroic explorers that sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to discover a new kind of world. The Native Americans believed the Europeans were ruthless marauders. The truth is that both the Europeans and Native Americans’ viewpoints were right. The Americas were unknown and nonexistent to Europeans until their courageous
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relationship between the Europeans and the indigenous people varied from place to place. In general‚ Europeans never considered the indigenous people as their equal. The Europeans and the Native Americans had such different beliefs on religion‚ farming practices‚ economic practices and political practices that the Europeans always thought as themselves as better than the Native Americans. The relationship between the Europeans and the Africans was unequal. The Europeans thought of the Africans as
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were of a huge variety with different traditions and cultures which the Europeans became aware of the more they explored the Americas. However‚ the Europeans too‚ were considerably different with their aims and this therefore created different results from each relationship between the two. The Europeans were interested in a variety of things when they went across the Atlantic to the Indies‚ for example‚ the assistance of the Native Americans as military allies and valuable resources. The valuable resources
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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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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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