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Based on the seven documents that are presented to me, I've read and reviewed all information which has lead me to believe that the Europeans (Spanish, and English settlers in the Americas) have claimed the honor and glory for the "discovery" of the Americas in the westernization of Europe, yet people tend to forget how the Native Americans or "Indians" as modern culture has named them, were harshly mistreated and suffered great loss due to European expansion. Needless to say that the United States is a country now because the settlers did what they did, I firmly believe that there is no justification to how we treated the Natives. By enslaving, relocating and killing a lot of the native population to the east coast of North America (Colonies), the southwestern coast of South America (Peru), and heart of Central America (Mexico), along with taking their way …show more content…

Bartolame de los Cosas states, "... mountains are stripped from top to bottom and bottom to top a thousand times; they dig, split rocks, move stones, and carry dirt on their backs to wash it in the rivers, while those who wash gold stay in the water all the time with their backs bent so constantly it breaks them; and when water invades the mines, the most arduous task of all is to dry the mines by scooping up pansful of water and throwing it up outside...." (Zinn: 1). Los Cosas explains that the back breaking work they were put through wasn’t fair and was mal treatment. He understood that they were the intruders in the natives land. He describes how hard he knew the task was and to see them do it brought him to distraught. Now in document 5, the images examines a native tribe and analyzes how they ran things, what their rituals were, how they lived and how they farmed, etc. but I can see that this document is appreciative of Native culture. Overall, the two document portray life before and after the English and Europeans came into

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