In the beginning of American History there have always been differences and clashes of different groups of travelers and settlers. Three main groups that are going to be focused on are the Native Americans, which are also known as the Indians. They were said to be the first group of people in Nort...

1)Discuss the clash of cultures between the European and the Native Americans. What were the similarities and what were the differences? The Native Americans outnumbered the colonists so why didn't they drive the Europeans from the Atlantic coastline. Any general lessons to be drawn? The pre-...

What Ever Happened to the Indians?-A Look into the American Holocaust For years and years students across the world have studied and memorized endless gory facts about massive genocides such as the Jewish Holocaust, the World War Two atomic bombs, and the religious Crusades. These were extreme...

1. The most significant change to Europeans and Native Americans both were disease. Disease from both cultures, each had their own effects on the other but no matter what the effects the diseases devastated both populations, none more than the native Americans. When the Europeans first arrived t...

Through out our early history the early explorers did exactly what every one of us as a child has always dreamed of.....explore. I remember as a child I always wanted to be on Christopher Columbus's ship to help find a new world. Columbus' new discovery helped open an era of new discover...

Trade was very significant throughout the Indian villages before the Europeans arrived because it was not only about trading goods. "Fundamental to the social and economic patterns of virtually all North American communities were exchanges that linked them directly or indirectly with other...

Smoking Tobacco I. History of Tobacco A. The Discovery of Tobacco Tobacco was first introduced to Western Society in the 16th Century. There is evidence that the herb was being used in Asia and Northern America for centuries before its introduction to European explorers. Christopher Colum...

Is It Really Our HIStory?By definition, history is an account of what has happened, especially in the life of a people, country, etc., or all recorded past events. Using this definition, the American school system should recognize and teach all historical events that pertain to all ethnic groups in...

Natives The First Native Americans were called the Paleo- Indians; they first arrived in eastern North America between 30,000 and 10,000 B.C. The Paleo- Indians because nomadic hunters, searching for food. Years later during the Archaic Period (8,000B.C.) the Paleo- Indians began to developed pe...

"Changes in the Land; Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England"In this paper, I will answer the following question: Compare and contrast the impacts of the New England Colonists and New England Natives on that region's ecosystem. Explain the cultural, social and economic factors that accou...

Social Structure Amidst the Native Americans No one is quite sure how the Native Americans first came to the Americas but there are two main theories. The first theory is that hunters crossed an Ice bridge that stretched across the Pacific Ocean from Asia to Alaska and discovered a land that cou...

Native Americans in the "Civilized" Land There were different ways of getting the message across, but the views expressed when it came to the different images and texts relating to Native Americans were all the same. Indians were savage people that needed to be "civilized". ...

Native Americans in the "Civilized" Land There were different ways of getting the message across, but the views expressed when it came to the different images and texts relating to Native Americans were all the same. Indians were savage people that needed to be "civilized". ...

The Micmac The Micmac natives were one of the first inhabitants that arrived from Asia to the North American continent. They crossed Bering Strait, which was covered by the last glaciation, approximately 30,000 years ago. Upon the settlement of the continent, the Micmac finally settled in the M...

what do us history and literature teach us about sacrifice and values worth dying for From nursery school to senior year of high school, I have been taught that America is a country that is governed by one of the greatest constitutions in the world. We are the true symbolism of freedom, and equ...

Property and Power: The Colonization of a New World Christopher Columbus' discovery of a new world in 1492 led to a power struggle of enormous proportions throughout Europe over the next three hundred years. The taking of land and the treatment of its native peoples would define this ...

In 1971 the face of Iron Eyes Cody, the Crying Indian, and the slogan, "Pollution: it's a crying shame. People start pllution. People can stop it," helped shape America's idea of what Shepard Krech III refers to as the "Ecological Indian" in his book, The Ecological I...

Book Review: Ecology of New EnglandIn his book, Changes in the Land, William Cronon explores the relationship between the Europeans and the indigenous Indian populations and the local ecologies in the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries. In the preface Cronon states that, "the shift from Ind...

The Colombian Exchange When Columbus sailed over in 1492 he had no idea how his voyage was going to affect the old and new worlds. Christopher Columbus first journeyed to find Asia brought him to the Americas and forever changed the course of history for both. The exchange of ideas, technology, ...

For much of human history, mankind has lived in close proximity with the natural world. At the time the world was created, the attitudes and beliefs of the Native American's differed from that of the colonizing Europeans regarding man's relationship to nature. While the Native Americans b...

As a young pupil in a third grade classroom I remember first hearing about Columbus's adventure to Plymouth in 1492. A little bit later we also found out about the pilgrims who found America in the Mayflower and had the first Thanksgiving ever with their guests the Indians. I can only recall ...

Chapter 1 synopsis and response Although many people believe that the Americas were discovered by Christopher Columbus, there were many people here before his arrival. These people were native Indian tribes such as the Aztecs and the Anasazi. These native people were very civilized. When the ...

"The Skulking Way of War" is an examination of the culture of warfare of the Native Americans in Southern New England during the period of 1600-1677. This academic work is mainly a chronicle of the technological developments and advancements of the Southern New England Native tribes and how European...

In his book, Changes in the Land, William Cronon explores the relationship between the European and indigenous populations and local ecologies between 1620 and 1800. As he states at the outset of the book: "My thesis is simple: the shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entailed impo...

Exploitation of the Canadian Aboriginal The Plains Natives of Canada, two major tribes being the Cree and the Blackfoot, faced many obstacles in their pre-treaty days. These obstacles made them more open to a change in life-style proposed to them by the inflow of Europeans to the West of Canada, ...