New Holland Vs New Netherland

It wasn’t until the fifteenth century when Natives of the America’s started to begin to unite to create a League of Peace. But many tribes and groups all had their own unique and different political system and also shared common religious characteristics such as ceremonies. Most tribes were controlled by a leader who controlled what families could use certain lands to make a living for themselves and their tribe, but they did not believe in ownership of land as god has gave to them to use and not to own for one self for forever. They had no real authority, they shared their power with their people and believed in showing extremely kind hospitality towards one another and sharing the best of what they had with the tribe. Now, the first to settle
Despite their reputation of freedom, New Netherlands was barely governed. New Amsterdam, the center of main population, was a fortified military outpost controlled by appointees of the West India Company. Neither an elected assembly nor town council (the basic units of government) was established. Even though the Dutch were known for pride in having religious toleration, it would be wrong to attribute modern ideas of religious freedom to either the Dutch government at home or the new rulers of New Netherlands. Both Holland and New Netherland had the official religion, The Dutch Reformed Church. The Dutch’s exercise of religion toleration meant private, and not public worship in non-established churches. Dutch authorities recognized Indian Sovereignty over the land and forbade settlement in any area until it had been purchased and forbid any settlement in the area until it had been purchased while also required tribes to make payments to colonial
Had no real authority, leaders were appointed from ancestry and female elders.
2. Perfected techniques in developing structures of political power and religious belief
3. Constructed a community centered on a series of giant semicircular mounds overlooking the Mississippi River as a commercial and governmental center whose residents established trade routes
4. Tribes continuously warred with one another for goods, seize captives, or take revenge for the killing of relatives.
5. Choctaw, Cherokee, and Chickasaw united dozens of loose alliances in the southeast
6. Great League of Peace- Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Onondaga brought a great period of stability to the area and they grouped up each year with representatives from the five grouping met to coordinate behavior toward outsiders
7. Shamans, medicine men, and other religious leaders held high positions of respect and authorities in tribes
8. Families “owned” the right to use of land, but they did not own the land itself
9. Generosity was among the most valued social qualities
10. “Liberty without restraint”
11. Authority is equal between woman and men
Europeans
1. Bring Christianity, political systems, warfare, and