The context between Native Americans and European colonists is the early encounters between the first European explorers to travel to the New World. These early encounters led to an exchange of products and a “collision of cultures” that influenced development of American societies politically, socially, and economically. Politically, the colonists gained more land and the colonies became stronger. Socially, religion continued to thrive in the colonies and the continual mistreatment of Indians were set in place. Economically, there was more trade and an increase in crops. Politicallly war and conflict between europeans and indians would influence the origins and patterns of development in North American society Socially, religion continued
