The Indians Had Many Complaints Against The English

As a matter of fact the language barrier was global. Lepore introduces the book of “King Philip’s War” by beginning with the death of John Sassamon, who had the knowledge and ability to read and write in both languages. Lepore’s notes on Sassamon’s death was led by his literacy of both sides and his faith in it. Lepore tries her best to examine both sides as much as possible, even if the record of history of the colonists weighed heavily than the Indians record of history. “If war is, at least in part, a contest for meaning, can it ever be a fair fight when only one side has access to those perfect instruments of empire, pens, paper, and printing presses?”, asks Lepore. The misconception of judging the opposition by understanding only one side is a huge fault in our American identity. Most Indian’s were illiterate therefore they were unable to create a record of history for us to be knowledgeable of. The American identity may heavily fall to the side of the colonist due to the lack of history on the opposite

Chapter 7 of Alan Taylor’s American Revolutions begins by describing the tense state of affairs between American Patriots and Native Indians in 1775. Both sides feared the other and were determined not to let their enemy defeat them. The Patriots were angry with the British for seeking alliance with the Indians, compromising their “racial solidarity”, in order to gain a military advantage. The Natives believed that American independence would be the catalyst for their downfall into slavery and landlessness. The author moves on to say that this was not the case with all tribes. For example, weak bands of Indians in the Carolinas allied with Patriots and fought in their army in hopes for protection after the war. However, the reality was that

Peter Silver, the author of Our Savage Neighbors, uses his take on the Indian War within his thesis to explain that the French and Indian War was the primary cause of the chaos that was brought into the middle colonies. Silver argues that Europe’s disunity in times of war further influenced the split within the American people and the American natives. The Seven Years’ War separated Europe’s relations and sparked a power struggle between France and Britain for land in North America; therefore, Silver claims that this shift in competitive political and economic attitude forced the existing native peoples and their daily lives to be unfairly sucked into Europe’s battle for territory. Since the Native American people were not considered a say

The relationship between the English and the Native Americans in 1600 to 1700 is one of the most fluctuating and the most profound relationships in American history. On the one side of the picture, the harmony between Wampanoag and Puritans even inspires them to celebrate “first Thanksgiving”; while, by contrast, the conflicts between the Pequots and the English urge them to antagonize each other, and even wage a war. In addition, the mystery of why the European settlers, including English, become the dominant power in American world, instead of the indigenous people, or Indians, can be solved from the examination of the relationship. In a variety of ways, the relationship drastically alters how people think about and relate to the aborigines. Politically, the relationship changes to establish the supremacy of the English; the English intends to obtain the land and rules over it. Socially, the relationship changes to present the majority of the English settlers; the dominating population is mostly the English settlers. Economically, the relationship changes to obtain the benefit of the English settlers; they gain profit from the massive resource in America. Therefore, the relationship does, in fact, change to foreshadow the discordance of the two groups of people.

“My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain...There was a time when our people covered the land as the waves of a wind-ruffled sea cover its shell-paved floor, but that time long since passed away with the greatness of tribes that are now but a mournful memory.” (Chief Seattle, Chief Seattle’s Speech). Lethal Encounters Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia by Alfred Cave is a book that extensively describe Britain’s and Spain’s initial colonization of America. The book mainly focuses on the facts and primary entries of Native Americans and pioneers, and their initial thoughts thoughts about each other. Albert Caves book, Lethal Encounters Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia, discussed many issues between those indigenous to America and the pioneers, including; racism, imperialism, culture clash, religion, and war.

For a better part of the eighteenth century, the American colonists expressed vexation and disapproval of the "coercive " acts, which the British Government perpetrated on the colony through series of legislative acts by the British Parliament. Prior to the acts that the colonists in America termed as atrocious and oppressive, they were willing to cooperate and reaffirm loyalty to the King of England. Some of the legislations and declarations that colonists participated in was the sustenance of British soldiers in the colony, payment of import tariffs and other forms of taxes to support the British central government. These are but a few, the reasons as to why colonists objected to the mode of British rule in America. Another concern was the "Rights violations" by the English government regarding economic progress and representation. Because of these grievances, British colonists in America stepped up agitation through violation of the "tyrannical" Acts and petitions through the Continental Congress. The essay explores the grievances that Colonists in America held against the British government, in riposte to "My Dear America Cousin" letter.

The social interactions that the New England and Chesapeake colonies had between Indians and their own people were very different due to alternate motives. Documents A and H each show the steps taken in order to achieve social unity. It is obvious that the two colonies didn’t have the best relationship with the Indians, but both colonies had different approaches when it came to mending relationships. Bacon’s Rebellion was a revolt against Governor Berkeley of Virginia in 1676 that started due to Berkeley's resistance of not fighting against the Indians because of the fur trade. This showed that the Chesapeake colony would rather take a better economy as opposed to stable social interactions,

Today, in American history textbooks, the significant aspects of how America begins is display, however the details that assist in the making of America are not. With this in mind, Fredrick J. Fausz, an Associate Professor of history and director of the Honors Program at St. Mary's College of Mary, decided to display a component of the time, through the article, “Middlemen in Peace and War: Virginia’s Earliest Indian Interpreters, 1608-1632”. In summary, the article conveyed the importance of three significant interpreters, Thomas Savage, Henry Spelmen, and Robert Poole and their interactions between the Indians and Englishmen during the crucial time of war and peace with the Powhatans and other tribes. Fausz’s motivation in writing the article is to argue for the interpreter’s importance and how they interpreted not only the language, but experienced the benefits and detriments of being surrounded by the Indians and English.

Even though they couldn’t make the Indians work for them because they outnumbered the settlers they still took their land Zinn states “The Pequot tribe lived in the southern Connecticut and Rhode Island. The colonists wanted this land, so the war with the Pequots began. Massacres took place on both sides...After the Europeans began taking the land, the number of indians was reduced until, in time, fewer than a million remained” (17, Zinn). The colonists went to war with the Indians because they wanted their land. The colonists would massacre the tries and The indians would do the same but as Europeans began taking more and more land the population of Indians diminished. This quote portrays that colonists took the Indians land and gained power along with it. More land meant more power because they needed space to grow crops and then sell them and enslaving the Africans was a more profitable and ever-renewable source of labor.When they got there they settled in the Indians land and they tried to massacre them to take their land. Zinn writes “So you killed the Indians, tortured them, burned their villages, burned their cornfields” (25, Zinn) Another reading states “they set fire to wigwams,and as the indians ran out to escape the flames, the English cut them to bits with their swords” (20, Zinn) The English would

During the time of 1763-1775 one of the occurrences that happened to affect the colonist’s perception of the British was the French and Indian War. The amazing thing is that the war itself was not the main factor of the colonist’s trouble with the British, but the time after the war that was the cause of trouble. During the war the British fought with France around the Ohio valley for the control of land. The Ohio valley was very important to both of the empires, because of the value of the land and the strategic point it held in the years to come. Although both had their struggles especially with the Native Americans that called this place their home. Most of the Native Americans sided with either the British or the French, because they thought that if they had

The Indians were accused of crimes by the Europeans that were committed only when they were drunk. They were also manipulated and they weren’t aware because they were drunk. Alcohol lead many Native Americans to their sickness and death. Also, you can see the cultural difference between the Indian’s and the Europeans. Europeans already had established certain law and regulations with the use of alcohol in a civilized manner and the Native’s did not. In my perspective, the Natives were also trying to adapt and fit in with the Europeans and experience their culture by drinking the same why they saw the Whites drink. You can see how the Indian’s ethics did strive for honestly and did not want to cheat anyone. Unlike the Europeans, who took a shoot at the first chance of taking over or manipulating

During the American revolution the Indians had chosen to support the British, doing so they had killed many Americans. They had also tortured multiple Americans in awful and cruel ways. For example, it the article “Move The Cherokee To Indian Territory” states that “In many cases their

This misunderstood title reflects the Indigenous people as “imagined as only antagonists to the British” to further the heroic historical narrative that is modern American history (Kelton, 791). The fact of the matter is that the Natives fought on both sides, allying with the French and the British. The Cherokees, by allying with the French, played a pivotal role in deciding this great war that eventually led to a dominating imperial power in North America. Other key tribes that were involved in this chess match of a war include the Iroquois, Creeks, and Choctaws, all allying with the American or English side of the conflict. This fact going so unnoticed clearly illustrates the lack of recognition that the Natives deserve in shaping American history.

This week’s readings begin to stray away from the Seven Years War and into the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War occurred because the Americans colonist wanted to be free from Great Britain’s control. King George III would go above the legislative of the colonies and force orders without consent. So many felt that the only way to obtain freedom from Great Britain and control their own government is they must fight for it. Patrick Henry states, “The war is inevitable – and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come” (Henry 44). There was no way to avoid going to war, rather it was the only solution that would lead to the colonies' freedom. In this war between the British and Americans, Native Americans were involved and were heavily

The movie “The Last of the Mohicans”, set during the French and Indian War, includes several accurate portrayals of interactions between the colonists and the British crown. These political, social, and economic interactions in the movie not only show how they react towards each other, but also show how they had the ability to influence history after post French and Indian War. These examples are shown through the movie’s portrayal of the unfair treatment of the colonists by the British and the start to rebellious thoughts by the colonists.