What Were The Interactions Between The Colonists And Native Americans

The key motivation for establishing the colonies in New World was opportunities of trade; the building of wealth and spreading Christianity. The colonist settled in Jamestown really by chance. They set off to the New World with expectations of bringing Christian religion to the Indians, possessing new land for England, and finding riches; gold, silver, iron, wood that would be lucrative for trade. After a long, rough voyage at sea, they landed in the Chesapeake Bay area, were they followed the river upstream finding a spot in a bend of the river they decided was defensible from Spanish raiders. The James River was chosen hastily, the colonists struggled at first fighting disease, starvation, and death. After years of struggle the colonist found a profitable crop in tobacco. It did prove to be a good location over time, with the land rich soil the colonist established profitable trade of tobacco and sugar from the area. …show more content…
The interactions were based upon the variety of social, political and economic factors. Some Colonists treated the Native Americans fairly, while others treated them harshly without respect. Southern colonies had greater amounts with many of the population being born into slavery. In the beginning, the Native Americans had invited the Europeans to their land which resulted in establish colonies in the east and south. There were successful relations between natives and the colonists that included the exchange of land, provisions and protection. That was until the natives felt like they were losing their culture, food and traditions. These differences caused the relationships broke down over time, leading the Native Americans to become resistant to and opposing the colonists on their land. Overtime the Colonist began taking advantage of the Native people’s land, trade agreements and even the native people themselves; using them as slave