For years people wondered what life was like before Europeans stepped foot on this then-virgin land? How did America looked back then compared to now? What were the Native Americans way of life in New England? William Cronon answers that and more in one of his classic installments entitled “Changes in the Land.” In this novel, we will explore the accounts of early settlers and some key figures who share testimonials of what they discovered, rather it be new species that are lying beyond the shores of New England or various cultures and their practices. Cronon 's thesis explains seventeenth and eightteenth century New England pefectly in a nutshell: “ The shift froIndian to European dominance in New England entailed important changes-well known
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The things that was scarce in England became ”merchantable commidities” in New England like wood for example. As from the accounts obtained my Cronon, England was experiencing a “near crisis in it wood supply since the time of Columbus, with the result that this single most important source of heating and building materials became increasingly costly throughout the century preceding the English revolution. Parliament began to restrict the cutting of English timber as early as 1543” (Cronon 20). The people of England had no choice but to turn to coal as a fuel …show more content…
In the northern New England, “women 's work involved gathering shellfish and birds on a shore, collecting wild plants, trapping small rodents, making garments, keeping camp, and the whole range of food processing activities” (Cronon 44). The men were only responsible for in Native Amerian tribes is hunting and gathering food/ game. In the southern region of New England, men went to nearby streams and rivers and fished were it was spawning while women worked the fields. Excluding tobacco, crops were the sole responsibility of women.
I 'm sure one thing we can agree on is that Native Americans relied on mobility to take advantage of spawnings and abundances. Native Americans moved from habitat to habitat to find abundance via minimal work, also reducing their impact on the land. The English, who believed in permanent settlements, began to use the Native American 's “relicance on hunting not only to condemn Indian men as lazy savages but to deny that Indians had a rightful claim to the land they hunted” (Cronon 52). From the Europeans point of view, they believed that only the agricu land was the only legitimate Indian
The things that was scarce in England became ”merchantable commidities” in New England like wood for example. As from the accounts obtained my Cronon, England was experiencing a “near crisis in it wood supply since the time of Columbus, with the result that this single most important source of heating and building materials became increasingly costly throughout the century preceding the English revolution. Parliament began to restrict the cutting of English timber as early as 1543” (Cronon 20). The people of England had no choice but to turn to coal as a fuel …show more content…
In the northern New England, “women 's work involved gathering shellfish and birds on a shore, collecting wild plants, trapping small rodents, making garments, keeping camp, and the whole range of food processing activities” (Cronon 44). The men were only responsible for in Native Amerian tribes is hunting and gathering food/ game. In the southern region of New England, men went to nearby streams and rivers and fished were it was spawning while women worked the fields. Excluding tobacco, crops were the sole responsibility of women.
I 'm sure one thing we can agree on is that Native Americans relied on mobility to take advantage of spawnings and abundances. Native Americans moved from habitat to habitat to find abundance via minimal work, also reducing their impact on the land. The English, who believed in permanent settlements, began to use the Native American 's “relicance on hunting not only to condemn Indian men as lazy savages but to deny that Indians had a rightful claim to the land they hunted” (Cronon 52). From the Europeans point of view, they believed that only the agricu land was the only legitimate Indian