Throughout human history the human race has been plagued with conflicts and war. During the era of settling the New World, there was eventual conflict that arose between the settlers and the Native Americans. It wasn’t always so, the Native Americans and the New World settlers once maintained friendly relations, which obviously degraded over time, growing into the conflicts that fill the pages of literary pieces. Throughout early American history, many political leaders and authors of literary pieces documented the countless conflicts that arose throughout the time period. While innocents suffered the most, some good came out of these conflicts, the abundant literary pieces written by some of the best authors of the 19th century. There are
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King Phillip’s war, which lasted from 1675 until 1676, pitted English colonist against multiple tribes of Native Americans. Eventually tense relations reach a point to which conflict would seem like an only answer. “With tensions spilling over following the collapse of trade partnerships and aggressive expansion of colonist territories, Pokunoket chief Metacom who was also known as King Phillip, led a bloody uprising of Wampanoag, Nipmuck, Pocumtuck and Narragansett tribes” (History.com(1)). The causes of Native American resentment can be easily pinpointed in one’s opinion. It is due to the expansionist attitude that the English settlers maintained, and the increasing trade reliance that the Native Americans maintained with English Colonist. Additionally, another tinder piece in King Phillips war could have been the execution of 3 of King Phillips …show more content…
Contrary to popular belief, Christopher Columbus was not only an explorer, but also a conqueror. Christopher Columbus gave the impression, and no intention to disprove the belief that he was a deity which descended from the heavens; which he used to ultimately dominate and enslave the indigenous people “And as soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took by force some of them in order that they might learn [Castilian] and give me information of what they had in those parts… I still have them with me, and they are still of the opinion that I come from the sky, despite all of the intercourse they have had with me”
King Phillip’s war, which lasted from 1675 until 1676, pitted English colonist against multiple tribes of Native Americans. Eventually tense relations reach a point to which conflict would seem like an only answer. “With tensions spilling over following the collapse of trade partnerships and aggressive expansion of colonist territories, Pokunoket chief Metacom who was also known as King Phillip, led a bloody uprising of Wampanoag, Nipmuck, Pocumtuck and Narragansett tribes” (History.com(1)). The causes of Native American resentment can be easily pinpointed in one’s opinion. It is due to the expansionist attitude that the English settlers maintained, and the increasing trade reliance that the Native Americans maintained with English Colonist. Additionally, another tinder piece in King Phillips war could have been the execution of 3 of King Phillips …show more content…
Contrary to popular belief, Christopher Columbus was not only an explorer, but also a conqueror. Christopher Columbus gave the impression, and no intention to disprove the belief that he was a deity which descended from the heavens; which he used to ultimately dominate and enslave the indigenous people “And as soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took by force some of them in order that they might learn [Castilian] and give me information of what they had in those parts… I still have them with me, and they are still of the opinion that I come from the sky, despite all of the intercourse they have had with me”