The Spanish, French, and Dutch colonies in North America all interacted with the Native Americans during the 16th century. Spain’s extreme subjugating approach and views on freedom and religion differed from the accepting and collaborative views of the French and the Dutch. Although the French and Dutch had apparent positive approaches compared to Spain, oppression of the Native Americans occurred under the control of all three colonies. The Spanish were the first to colonize North America and their approach lacked moral compass.…
Both Indigenous and Spaniards showed great care for their beliefs. Spaniards did anything they could to benefit the church and their God. Spaniards not only cared for the church but imperialism as well. The Indigenous differed because they had many gods to please. According to the Indigenous human’s only role was to fight and die for gods.…
The Jesuits of France came to North America with some knowledge of what they should and should not do. They knew that they should first study the language and culture of the Native people, instead of directly trying to force the Indians into submission. This may be the reason why people think that the French were allies of the Indians- they did not simply come to colonize them with guns and take over their land. This was depicted on Page 10 of “The Jesuit Relations: Natives and Missionaries in Seventeenth-Century North America”, when Le Jeune said, “It was an empire not of domination and subjection, but of multi-stranded commercial/ diplomatic links between France and the different Indian nations”. Their strategy was a contrast to the Spanish…
Europeans have had an impact on many peoples’ life and culture. This was no different when the Europeans first came to America and encountered the natives. When the English and the Puritans first arrived, the Native Americans handled them in different ways. Some welcomed them with open arms, while others approached them with caution. ; however, despite handling the Europeans differently, the natives were still impacted by them all the same.…
To begin, English treatment of Native Americans mirrored the Spanish. English and Spanish settlers almost always brewed up contempt between themselves and the natives. The closer natives lived to foreigners, the more likely conflict grew. Both countries tried…
The French tended to be more tolerant of the Native Americans. For instance, the French were willing to allow the natives to keep their own languages and cultures, whereas on the other hand, the Europeans intentionally wanted to convert the native’s religion and ways. The Collision of Cultures brought distress to the natives economically and religiously. The outcome of the time period has proven the Europeans to strive solely for “a source of economic opportunity” and the native’s obliviousness to the unknown has caused them to obey the commands of everyone (Foner, “A New World”,…
The European’s drastically impacted the Native Americans upon their arrival to the New World. Researchers from Germany and the United States have stated, “European conquest triggered the loss of more than half the Native American population. ”1 The three main groups that navigated their way to North America were the Spanish, English colonists, and the French. Despite the different groups of new comers, a very small number of them viewed the Native American people as their equals on any scale of tolerance.…
The video “How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman” was an interesting video about to how some Native American was with Europeans. This video gives me a newer understanding of how both groups was with each other. I always taught at a point that both groups respected each other in a positive way. I would’ve never taught that some Native Americans would go around just killing people because who they taught they were. Plus, they treated the Europeans like their slaves.…
Since 1494 the Native Americans have been called savages and were treated unjustly by the Europeans. The Europeans assumed that they could go to America and take what they wanted, without caring whom was already living on the land. The Europeans also thought that they were superior over the Native Americans. The Europeans were much more advanced with their weapons compared to the Native Americans, and the Native Americans were frightened by the loud noises that the weapons created and the violence that followed it. Once America was invaded by the Europeans, the Native Americans lives were forever changed.…
of Discovery The world we know and live in today is the result of the Age of Discovery, and we owe the present day to that age, and we owe the future to that age. Europe’s motivations for exploration and eventual conquest on all those explorations plays a huge role in where we sit today. We must not forget either, how the interactions we had with Native Americans and the interactions with different cultures impacted our modern outcome. From these motives and interactions, America is presented as a conquest, as it should be, it just so happens that conquest is illustrated from different perspectives and those different perspectives leads to civilizations adaptation to the age of discovery.…
The English used these marriages as a way to get the natives to change their ways voluntarily by marrying into a Puritan community. Like the colonies’ views on intermarrying with the native tribes, the Spanish and English were also largely similar in terms of enslaving the native people. The Spanish were nearly completely reliant on slavery. In Spanish colonies, the encomienda system, forcing the Indians to work for and pay tribute to the Spanish in return for protection and entrance into heaven through conversion to Catholicism, were placed upon the natives.…
Interactions between Europeans and Native Americans While attempting to find a faster route to the Indies, Christopher Columbus discovered another land instead. Since the English, French and Spanish were all seeking power at the time that same land would soon after be explored. As the news of the discovery spread, the English shortly found power in the acquisition of the land itself, the French in fur trade, and the Spanish in conquering and exploiting the Native Americans that originally inhabited the area. During the process of fulfilling their achievements, each European had different approaches and distinct encounters with the local Native Americans. The English initially had friendly relationships with them, but with time and trade, hostility…
Honour by Discrimination A person’s culture is a key aspect of their life and identity. It defines who they are with respect to the rest of the world, gives them a sense of belonging to something larger than themselves, and affects their perception of their environment. Culture can be defined in many ways, but in the context of society, it refers to the beliefs, traditions, and customs of a particular group of people, such as Japanese culture or Native American culture (Webster’s 69). The fusion and hybridization of cultures is a common practice and can be beneficial to the progression of society, but it can also be harmful if abused.…
The Europeans were known to have ethnocentric values towards Native American culture. Throughout the film Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee the government system did not agree on how the natives lived. They were being criticized on the rituals and the traditions they practiced. They felt as if there culture was the right one to follow, that there was no other better culture. The Europeans created one-way assimilation within the Native Americans.…
The Spanish motivations for exploring America were to convert all peoples to Catholicism and to expand the wealth of the country. This affected the way natives and Africans were treated and viewed for many years after the Spanish left America. Synthesis: Spanish colonization can be compared to English colonization because both attempts involved conflict with the natives. In Jamestown, one of the first English settlements the Native Americans were not so friendly to strange white men taking native land, natives repeatedly attacked and looted Jamestown.…