American Lit. paper

             With the coming of the Europeans to the new world it was inevitable that the Native Americans lives where going to change, as well as the Europeans. With differing views on almost everything the Europeans and Indians where bound for complications. Religion and the way Native Americans lived their lives was changed after many centuries. The coming of the Europeans was a culture change for both. Native American Indians occupied the land until the Europeans stole it from them.
             The Europeans came to this new world with belief that the earth and the environment was a resource provided for them to manipulate and control. Europeans used this land in a much different ways than the Native Americans did. Property owning and fencing it in was common to the Europeans. The Europeans used the amount of what they owned as a popularity and social level. Their way of life consisted on the conquering and establishing of more property, unlike the Indians who believed in being a part of the environment.
             Indians believed that exploitation of the environment and of its resources was wrong. Taking more meat than you need would bring bad luck in the future. Indians lived off what the land provided and used it with respect and where thankful for it. The Indians had a very successful life style. Their communities worked together and helped each other. The role of their leader unlike the Europeans was only that his tribe was safe and stable.
             The accidental discovery of America by Columbus started the interactions between Indian and European culture. Columbus was greeted by the Indians on arriving to what he thought was the Indies. They traded goods with the friendly Indians, and questioned them of gold. There was no reason for the Europeans to believe that the Indians were harmful. So there should have been no reason for the mistreatment that they encountered by them. The idea of
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