Various European nations sailed to the New World almost certainly not knowing what to expect or what they may encounter but they all had one common motive in mind. Increasing their power. Discovering new lands and its resources were positives for them and the rest of the known world. For the European nations the New World would bring power and riches and change the world. But for the numerous Native American tribes that interacted with these settlers it turned into a very negative experience for them that completely changed their lives and the world as they knew it. For the Native Americans these interactions would bring enslavement, influence, adaptation, death and survival. The Europeans had advanced weapons. Pair that with …show more content…
Better tools to farm with. And whiskey. Native Americans were not stupid. They just thought that they were getting great deals and they wanted more. They just had no idea that the Europeans were setting them up to steal the land and its resources that they coveted from the start. And surely they didn’t know about the diseases the Europeans would bring over. They had no idea what was later in store for them. Spain was the first nation to settle and probably the most powerful. They were far from kind to the Natives. Under their rule there were horrendous consequences for the Natives. The Natives were used and abused by them. The Spanish came to the New World wanting more power, land, and resources. They enslaved and forced the Native Americans into labor to work on their plantations. Natives were forced to work on what they called haciendas that provided food for the Spanish colony. In the Missions that were built to convert Natives to Christianity, missionaries worked and treated them as slaves. Native Americans did learn how to read and write in these missions as well as get introduced to more food, and even developed some skills from the missionaries. Spain also reintroduced the New World to the horse. But none of this was worth …show more content…
Many Native Americans died from the diseases that came over that they were not immune to. The French wanted fur. Fur brought in big money. Rather than enslave the Natives they wanted to build a relationship with them to export and build upon their riches. The French even married into tribes. The Natives welcomed them and helped them survive, shared with them food and supplies and even taught them to plant crops. The Natives even fought for them. The French traders had a huge impact. The Natives traded for goods that made life easier for them but in doing so they lost touch in their culture and way of life. They started to rely on these thing that that never had to begin with. Their lives had completely changed. The Dutch wanted very little to do with the Natives. They were not interested in converting them from their religion and they could have cared less about their culture. It was all about trade and money. The English weren’t as cruel as Spain but they weren’t as nice as their rival, France either. The Natives had a few run ins with the English over land and other issues and even teamed up with France to go against them. but like France the English did marry some natives and they had a trading relationship with
To many of the English colonists, any land that was granted to them in a charter by the English Crown was theirs’, with no consideration for the natives that had already owned the land. This belittlement of Indians caused great problems for the English later on, for the natives did not care about what the Crown granted the colonists for it was not theirs’ to grant in the first place. The theory of European superiority over the Native Americans caused for any differences in the way the cultures interacted, as well as amazing social unrest between the two cultures.
o Were influenced by the German missionaries who pushed them out of their land. They attacked colonists and Germany declared war, ultimately killing 60% of them.
The Europeans came to the Americas with an imperialistic attitude. They wanted to take over the land and they thought their goods and beliefs were better than those of the Natives. Document 7 shows that the Mother Country sent over many goods of their own for trade from the colonies. The goods from the Mother Country overpowered and took the place of the Native’s goods.
Beginning in 1492, Spain had been the first European nation to sail westward across the Atlantic Ocean and colonize the Amerindian nations of the Western Hemisphere. The empire that came from this exploration extended from Virginia on the
During the sixteenth century, Spain had become the most powerful country in both Europe and the Americas through its successes in the New World. The Spanish throne funded Columbus’ exploration that eventually led to the discovery of what will be known as the Americas. The Spanish Empire created the model for the colonization of the Americas through their conquest of the two most powerful empires in the Americas--the Aztec and the Incan. These conquests also provided the Spanish with tons of riches, thus pushing them towards the seat of power.
ways of technology to survive in there environment. They used many different farming tools in
Looking back into history, at around the 1500s to the 1600s, people were very much the same in the sense that many countries were looking to aggrandize their economy and appear the greatest. It was this pride and thinking that motivated many of the superpowers of the world’s past. Two such monarchies in the European continent included England and Spain, which had at the time, the best fleets the world has ever seen. Because both were often striving to be the best, they conflicted with one another. Although England and Spain had their differences, they both had a thirst to see new things and it was this hunger that led them both to discovering different parts of the “New World” and thus, colonizing the Americas.
“Indian tribes experienced the advent of Spanish and Mexican explorers and missionaries from the south, followed by Russians and Aleuts from the north, New England traders and whalers by sea from the west, and finally Europeans, Americans, Asians, Mexicans, Chileans, and other ethnicities by sailing east and around the world” (Merchant, 251).
Originally Spain found success with finding gold or other mineral wealth not by colonizing, but by conquering and enslaving the local population, such as the Aztecs. As a result, Spain discovered that there was no gold or other mineral wealth to be found past t...
It is a well-documented fact that the European Settlers did not think very highly of the Native Americans that they found already inhabiting the new continent that they had found by accident. They thought they
Some explorers were not looking for land to claim, but faster routes. Columbus went exploring trying to find a faster way to Asia/India for spice trading. The reason for this was because his country was receiving Asian Spices from Muslims(Document 3). In order to get the spices from the Muslims, high prices had to be paid since it was exchanged from person to person. Columbus went sailing and found an area that had inhabitants who looked like people he has never seen before which he assumed were Indians. Columbus saw they had foods he never had before and he started trading with them. He brought over foods such as the Irish Potato, Florida Oranges, Colombian Coffee, and French Vanilla Ice cream, for trading purposes(Document 6). All of those
When the colonists arrived the natives were willing to trade whatever they had to the Europeans and they took advantage of that to get them to do whatever they wanted. The natives were like prisoners forced to find resources the Europeans wanted or they would be killed, get their hands cut off, get chased by dogs and
From 711-1492, Christian Spaniards lived under Moorish rule until eventually, the Christian Kingdoms took over during the Reconquista. The conflicts between the Muslims and Christians created a militaristic culture in Spain that surpassed that of any other European nation. Furthermore, being trained militarily was often exclusively attributed to the nobility however, in Spain, “many young men knew these skills and used them to their advantage.” Without a doubt, recently reconquering their homeland motivated the Spanish to a basis for expansion and conquest that most other European societies were lacking. In addition, the voyages of Christopher Columbus led to discovering the New World which undoubtedly contributed to added interest in conquest. Eventually, each conquest further raised Spanish hopes for fame and
They came to North America seeking opportunities for a better lifestyle. They were highly driven by making a profit. They cared little to none about the Natives, as long as they were getting their land and increasing their wealth. The Europeans had an understanding of how land was claimed. The Native Americans did not. They believed that the land they lived on was theirs, while the settlers believed in payment and fences to stake their claim to the land.
make themselves understood. After the French discovered they were without tools, they taught the Indians