Interactions between the Nativ

             Interactions between the Natives, and the French and British
             The two documents, The Jesuit Relations, and Instructions for the Virginia Colony share
             commonalities in their approaches in enforcing Christianity on the Native people. Both French
             and English believe in exposing and converting the natives to Christians in order to make it
             easier for the countries to take over the land. The English announce to the natives in their
             document, "...make yourselves all of one mind, for the good of your country and your own, and
             serve and fear God." In other words if everyone had the same beliefs ( British and Natives ), they
             will create one strong mind with clear and consistent objectives capable of creating and
             maintaining a successful country. Likewise the French also aimed to declare to the natives a true
             God. To the English and the French the natives were seen as being spiritual, the French noted
             that they believed when someone died they would become spirits and live in the minds as
             memories of those they left behind. They believed that death is neither punishment or reward,
             and made no distinction between good and evil. In contrast, within the Christian religion, the
             souls of the dead that were good would live in, or be taken care of by Jesus Christ. The French
             noticed that the Natives treated evil equal as good, and how rather than to punish someone, they
             would teach them to be good. The French were intrigued by this since in their own country at the
             time if someone were to commit a crime they would just chop off their heads. It seemed in this
             document that the French saw some unique moral values within the Native community, such as
             their ability to get along, to exchange gifts, to give without receiving, however although liking it,
             the French probably felt that it was not a strong way of living and that the nation couldn't grow
             while still living on an equal treatment barter system....

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