The United States, A nation created by citizens that wanted a better life is also the same nation that divided itself .Resulting in it never fully becoming reunited. Yet this nation has a rich history because of this separation were independence and willpower overturned. One knows the stories about George Washington sailing the Delaware at night or Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. Yet there are Hidden story’s told that are more interesting. These tales of adventure, sadness, death and oppression come from the Native Americans, Who lived here on this continent before and the white or black man arrived. Before even the Revolution there has always been fighting between …show more content…
They believed that you could use it but not own it , settlers saw land as profit.As Black Hawk, a, a leader of the Sauk tribe said: “The great Spirit gave it to his children to live and cultivate as far as necessary for their subsistence; and so as they occupy and cultivate it, they have a right to the soil.”(as cited in crash course us history #1).This is important for one to relies on because it was the key conflict that leads to the natives and the English to fight . Englishman also saw the natives as uncivilized and wanted to convert then to Christianity when in reality the English who was uncivilized ,by taking land ,burning and killing natives ,or forcing to obey by English rule. Events that fueled the flame, even more, is the french and Indian war alongside Dunmore 's war. Lord Dunmore wanted to get a ride as many of the Indians as possible. The best way to describe how English settlers felt about the Indians is best said by William Tecumseh Sherman.”The more we kill this year, the less we have to kill next year.9”(as cited Cotc Powerpoint). Dunmore is a great example of this quote because he killed Logans whole family .In doing