Native Americans Response To Colonialism Summary

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1. Discuss his description of New England before and after the Europeans.
After Europeans settled in New england, the environment changed. There was less free land because of European colonists so the ability to move about the landscape in search for economical abundance became severely constrained which made food harder to find and because of this, European settlers made animals like beaver, deer, bear, turkey, wolf, and others vanish. As well as these animals, European settlers made many crops disappear because of pest diseases.There was not much forests left so there was a lot of land, but not many trees. Cutting down moist trees caused the environment to be very dry species such as oaks and created drier soils. Also, deforestation made …show more content…

Discuss the Native-Americans response to colonialism by analyzing “Indian unity” and their use of European ideas/technology.
The Native American response to colonialism was a mixture of economic self-interest and cultural adjustment, but was ultimately described as political resistance. Most villages that once welcomed the English, now chose to fight further colonialism on their territories. They did that by forging alliances with other Indian groups, and responding with creativity to the new diplomatic circumstances in which they found themselves. All of this showed Indian unity when all came together to fight the spread of colonialism in their communities after a man named Miantonomo proposed to ambush all of the enemy colonialists in order to achieve this goal. Native Americans began raising livestock, expanding the size of their corn crops, and practicing more sedentary ways of life. Also, their political communities became more extensive and tribal alliances formed in order to meet the need for Indian unity and resistance which Miantonomo wanted. Native Americans adjusted to what the Europeans brought to New England by modifying their ways of living while still retaining their political and cultural …show more content…

Resources were rarely used to show status and class authority was shown more by kin and alliances. The rich and poor were satisfied because of the way ecosystems furnished their economy and its resources. Although Native Americans seemed to be adjusting to the changes, Europeans weren’t doing so well. For Europeans, resources were for exchanging in markets where the act of buying and selling made profit for their owners. No matter what the resource was, Europeans wanted for it to bring them wealth. And social status. European markets became known as markets with unattainable needs. European colonists perceived fewer resources in New England than the Native Americans and committed wider portions of those ecosystems to the marketplace. . European settlers believed had an expectation that the size of the margin would increase, and with it, the value of the

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