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What were relations between Indians and Europeans?
During the colonial period, Native Americans had a complicated relationship with European settlers. They resisted the efforts of the Europeans to gain more of their land and control through both warfare and diplomacy.
What did the Native Americans have that the Europeans did not?
Native peoples of America had no immunity to the diseases that European explorers and colonists brought with them. Diseases such as smallpox, influenza, measles, and even chicken pox proved deadly to American Indians. Europeans were used to these diseases, but Indian people had no resistance to them.
How did Native American and European ideas of freedom and land differ?
How did Indian and European ideas of freedom differ on the eve of contact? Indian ideas of freedom were that no one has power over anyone else where the European ideas of freedom were that people had to obey laws set by others in a higher standing. What impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic?
What fundamental differences existed between European and Native American societies on the eve of contact?
How did Indian & European ideas of freedom differ on the eve of contact? European saw Indians as too free, lacking order and discipline that Europeans considered important to civilization. Indians judged one another according to their ability to live up to widely understood ideas of appropriate behavior.
How are Native Americans different from the Europeans?
Differences Between Native Americans and Europeans (Indians vs. Whites) The Native Americans and the European settler’s of the New World were more different from one another than similar. One obvious proof of this is the tremendous cultural change within Native Indian populations that took place due to these differences.
What kind of society did the native Indians have?
Native Indian society arose from their interaction with Europeans during wars. The Native headmen recognized political power and their interest and savagery in war increased as they gained European weaponry and fighting skills.
Why did the population of the native Indians decrease?
While the English population grew from 150,000 to 2 million from 1680-1790, the Native Indian population decreased by 90-95% within the century. (lect. Oct. 10th) One of the reasons for this was the susceptibility of Native Indians to diseases, which the Europeans had resistance to.
What was the difference between the Spanish and the French?
The French amazed the Natives by their ability to read and write and hence spread literacy during their mission whereas the Spanish tried to learn the Native languages and adopt Native Indian lifestyles to penetrate the society. e. The Spanish destroyed Native Indian idols and used torture to convert people.