The growth of New England really sparked trouble with the Indians who owned the land. The New Englanders were prepared for any kind of conflict, even though they had several allies. John Winthrop assisted in training the settlers to fight, by teaching them to use firearms. There were puritans in town selling illegal firearms to the to the Indians. For several years the encounters were off and on with light contact. The European disease had taken its toll on the Indians and stricken by death a quarter of the Indian population before the colonist had even arrived at Plymouth. The settlers viewed their deaths as an act of God. The Pequot wars had begun with heavy fighting against the New Englanders, which they killed off all of the Pequot Indians,
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In the early 1500s while Spain was exploring for gold and other riches they encountered and destroyed numerous tribes with violence and disease. Some of the tribes near Quebec had excellent trade arraignments with the French even though they did not have a large presence in the New World. At first, the English had asked the Indian tribes for protection and trade, but as they expanded their settlement, they became distrust and hostility between the English and the Indians (Schlagar & Lauer, 2001). Everything seems to go alright with the Indians in the beginning, but when the expansion of the colonies began the settlers began to resent the Native Americans. We cannot begin to count or get the exact numbers to the population of the Americas in 1492, but the collapse of the Native Americans can be blamed on the first contact with the Europeans (Schlagar & Lauer, 2001). The main cause devastating decline of the Native American population in the New World was the importation of the disease. Other have said the rapid decline was that the Spanish used the Native Americans for labor and established the transatlantic Slave trade. It is hard to establish the exact numbers, but when the Europeans made contact with the Americas population range from 8-30 million. It was between 1492 and 1650 90% of the Native American population had declined (Schlagar & Lauer,
In the early 1500s while Spain was exploring for gold and other riches they encountered and destroyed numerous tribes with violence and disease. Some of the tribes near Quebec had excellent trade arraignments with the French even though they did not have a large presence in the New World. At first, the English had asked the Indian tribes for protection and trade, but as they expanded their settlement, they became distrust and hostility between the English and the Indians (Schlagar & Lauer, 2001). Everything seems to go alright with the Indians in the beginning, but when the expansion of the colonies began the settlers began to resent the Native Americans. We cannot begin to count or get the exact numbers to the population of the Americas in 1492, but the collapse of the Native Americans can be blamed on the first contact with the Europeans (Schlagar & Lauer, 2001). The main cause devastating decline of the Native American population in the New World was the importation of the disease. Other have said the rapid decline was that the Spanish used the Native Americans for labor and established the transatlantic Slave trade. It is hard to establish the exact numbers, but when the Europeans made contact with the Americas population range from 8-30 million. It was between 1492 and 1650 90% of the Native American population had declined (Schlagar & Lauer,