How Did The French Treat Native Americans

War is nearing us Native Americans in the Ohio River Valley. However, it is not the Native Americans who are fighting directly, they must choose a side on which to fight on. These sides are the English and the French. They are fighting for control over the Ohio River Valley, an area that both countries have claimed. The Europeans are in dispute of this land because they want to grow their worldwide colonial empires so that they can gain more wealth and prosper. The Native Americans who win would have superiority over the other Native American tribes and would have more power. As the chief of a Native American tribe in the Ohio River Valley, I would side with the French because they treat Native Americans as equals and purchase the land, they …show more content…
Many of the European colonists that had arrived in the Americas before the French had forced the Native American tribes off their land. An example of this was when the Puritans, with the help of the Narragansett, massacred the Pequots in order for them to have more land. Unlike the British, the French had paid the Hurons for the land. They have not only treated the Hurons with respect by paying them, but have also become great allies. However, one may point out that the English has a strong army and strong militias. The militiamen from New England were able to defeat all of the Native American that were found in the New England area. Although this is true, the English still had not been respectful to the Native American tribes. Though they are allied with the tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy, they use them as puppets. They do not treat them as equals. Instead they have them do their dirty work for them. Even after King Philip’s War, the English did not even give anything to the Native Americans. They forced the tribes off the land that they had been living on for …show more content…
The French are fur trappers who were looking to trade furs with Native American tribes. In exchange, the French gave the Native Americans European goods such as metal tools. Unlike other Europeans, the French did not cheat the Native Americans in trade. It was mutually beneficial between the two groups. However, the English also traded with the local Native American tribes in their area. An example of this is in the north where the British also traded for furs with the local native american tribes. They traded for guns and other European goods. However, the intent for English trade was to take control of the hunting grounds and turn it into farming grounds. In addition to that, the English had more of a one way trade, where they would receive more furs than they gave European goods. The few goods they did give in exchange for the furs were guns and alcohol. The intention that the British had when giving the Native Americans alcohol and guns was to slowly wipe out the Native Americans. The guns would be used by the Native American tribes to fight against each other, as done so in the Pequot War. The Native Americans became addicted to alcohol.The rampant use of alcohol deteriorates Native American culture and society as it served as a distraction from the real