HISTORY 1301 FINAL EXAM First short essay response
After New World colonization the largest world powers were all at war over the territory. Both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The Ohio Territory already had fur traders, both British and French, who did business with Native Americans in the Natives territory and inventers living on the frontier. The French believed they had rights this land because their explorers set foot there first, even though the Natives already inhabited the land. The French tried to get the English to leave the territory by capturing some of their trading posts and destroyed an Indian village that had ties with English traders …show more content…
Great Britain made sure they continued to follow their laws because the American colonies were profited from greatly when under Great Britain’s rule. Because they relied so heavily on the trade of the New England colonies the Dominion of New England was created giving Great Britain complete control over the colonies. The Mothering country appointed governors to keep an eye on the colonies therefore leaving very little room for colonists to do anything about it. The New England colonies economy was affected heavily while the Middle colonies weren’t as much and the Southern even less than that. New England colonies money was based off trade unlike the Southern colonies whose income came from slavery and agriculture. The triangular trade route was one economic effect mercantilism brought to the New England colonies. The triangular trade route had three points connecting trade between the Americas, Europe, and West Africa. Slaves from West Africa were sold and traded for European goods and things like tobacco and hemp were exported from the …show more content…
The Natives would lose their homelands and would be forced to relocate numerous times, each time losing more and more. With rapid population growth and the idea of Manifest Destiny American settlers continued to move west onto Native land. The Natives were seen as savages and nothing more and were treated inhumanely. Treaties with the Natives were continuously broken and no matter what side they were on, in the end they always lost the most. White Americans, mostly those who lived on the western lands, feared and hated the Native Americans they came across because in their eyes American Indians were unfamiliar, strange people who lived on the land that white settlers believed was theirs. The solution to their problem was to “civilize” the Native Americans, making them adapt to their customs. A few of these adaptations were converting to Christianity and speaking in English. Andrew Jackson had supported the idea of driving Natives off their land for some time and in 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act. It gave the federal government the power to exchange Natives land east of the Mississippi and land west of that. However, it did not allow the president or anyone else to force Natives to give up their land. President Jackson and his government often disregarded the letter and made Native Americans evacuate lands they had lived on anyway. The Trail of Tears took place during this time leaving
After New World colonization the largest world powers were all at war over the territory. Both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The Ohio Territory already had fur traders, both British and French, who did business with Native Americans in the Natives territory and inventers living on the frontier. The French believed they had rights this land because their explorers set foot there first, even though the Natives already inhabited the land. The French tried to get the English to leave the territory by capturing some of their trading posts and destroyed an Indian village that had ties with English traders …show more content…
Great Britain made sure they continued to follow their laws because the American colonies were profited from greatly when under Great Britain’s rule. Because they relied so heavily on the trade of the New England colonies the Dominion of New England was created giving Great Britain complete control over the colonies. The Mothering country appointed governors to keep an eye on the colonies therefore leaving very little room for colonists to do anything about it. The New England colonies economy was affected heavily while the Middle colonies weren’t as much and the Southern even less than that. New England colonies money was based off trade unlike the Southern colonies whose income came from slavery and agriculture. The triangular trade route was one economic effect mercantilism brought to the New England colonies. The triangular trade route had three points connecting trade between the Americas, Europe, and West Africa. Slaves from West Africa were sold and traded for European goods and things like tobacco and hemp were exported from the …show more content…
The Natives would lose their homelands and would be forced to relocate numerous times, each time losing more and more. With rapid population growth and the idea of Manifest Destiny American settlers continued to move west onto Native land. The Natives were seen as savages and nothing more and were treated inhumanely. Treaties with the Natives were continuously broken and no matter what side they were on, in the end they always lost the most. White Americans, mostly those who lived on the western lands, feared and hated the Native Americans they came across because in their eyes American Indians were unfamiliar, strange people who lived on the land that white settlers believed was theirs. The solution to their problem was to “civilize” the Native Americans, making them adapt to their customs. A few of these adaptations were converting to Christianity and speaking in English. Andrew Jackson had supported the idea of driving Natives off their land for some time and in 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act. It gave the federal government the power to exchange Natives land east of the Mississippi and land west of that. However, it did not allow the president or anyone else to force Natives to give up their land. President Jackson and his government often disregarded the letter and made Native Americans evacuate lands they had lived on anyway. The Trail of Tears took place during this time leaving