Throughout history, many European countries formed colonies in the Americas. The most well-known countries were, Spain, England, and France, who all claimed land and worked to serve the mother country. However, they encountered many problems such as; a lack of knowledge of the land, unknown food sources, and, the Native Americans. The two books, A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, and, A Patriot’s History of the United States, by Larry Schweikart, discussed different view about how the Natives were treated by the explorers. Zinn’s book had a critical view of the explorers and their treatment of the natives, while Schweikart’s book had a more conservative view, due to each author’s opinions and research.
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In both Zinn and Schweikart’s book, the French were perceived as kids and friendly. Zinn’s book said that a French Priest upon observing the Natives said,“Their kindness, humanity, and courtesy not only makes them liberal with what they have, but causes them to possess hardly anything except in common.” This showed the Natives were friendly towards each other and civil to the French. Schweikart’s book said that they would, “exchange knives, blankets, cups, and when necessary, guns with Indians for pelts.” This showed that they were friendly and traded with the Natives as opposed to stealing from them, which the Europeans did in other colonies. The Indians were also perceived as frightening the Frenc because they, “harbored as much enemity for each other as they did for the Europeans,” and the French did not want to be on the wrong end of an …show more content…
When writing a book, the authors put their knowledge and their perspective into the book. However, depending on the authors point of view, the book will focus on different facts. A People’s History of the United States, places the blame on the Spanish and English for the mistreatment of the Native Americans. However, A Patriot’s History of the United States, place the blame of the decline of Native Americans on other tribes. These books both include each author’s individual opinion’s on the treatment of the Native American’s by the Europeans based off their research and the main points that they decided to focus
In Zinn’s book, …show more content…
In both Zinn and Schweikart’s book, the French were perceived as kids and friendly. Zinn’s book said that a French Priest upon observing the Natives said,“Their kindness, humanity, and courtesy not only makes them liberal with what they have, but causes them to possess hardly anything except in common.” This showed the Natives were friendly towards each other and civil to the French. Schweikart’s book said that they would, “exchange knives, blankets, cups, and when necessary, guns with Indians for pelts.” This showed that they were friendly and traded with the Natives as opposed to stealing from them, which the Europeans did in other colonies. The Indians were also perceived as frightening the Frenc because they, “harbored as much enemity for each other as they did for the Europeans,” and the French did not want to be on the wrong end of an …show more content…
When writing a book, the authors put their knowledge and their perspective into the book. However, depending on the authors point of view, the book will focus on different facts. A People’s History of the United States, places the blame on the Spanish and English for the mistreatment of the Native Americans. However, A Patriot’s History of the United States, place the blame of the decline of Native Americans on other tribes. These books both include each author’s individual opinion’s on the treatment of the Native American’s by the Europeans based off their research and the main points that they decided to focus