Colonies Relationship With Native Americans

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Throughout the years the Spanish, English, French and Dutch which are four main colonies have had good relationships with the Natives and some of the colonies did not have a good relationship with the Natives. The colonies gave the Natives disease that they brought over from their homeland. Most of the colonies tried to make the Natives slaves and take the all of Natives supplies and food. Some colonies tried to take the Native’s lands so the colonies could build on them. Even though these hard times were happening throughout the years to the Natives there was still some good that came out of all that bad. The Natives traded with the four colonies for items that they normally did not have. The Natives also helped the four colonies when they …show more content…

Over the years the Powhatan, Nanticoke, and the Piscataway ethnic groups have lost many of their people. This was because the ethnic groups did not have any way to fight off the new disease that the colonies had brought to their land and they had no way to treat their people once they got the disease. Some of the new disease that hurt the natives where smallpox, cholera, and measles. (learnnc.org) “During the beginning of the colonies coming to the Indian’s lands, everyone was friendly towards each …show more content…

This in turn made the French and Natives friends. Another part that also helped the French and Natives become friends was because the French treated the Natives like they were human beings and not just some wild thing. The French and the natives were able to marry one another and they became adopted into each other’s families. The natives sided with the French when there were fights between the English and the French.” (anscteralfindings.com) “The Dutch only tolerated the Natives. They trade with the Natives and sometimes cheated them when they traded. The Dutch did not really try to learn the Native language or anything about them like the French did they only cared about the money. Instead of just taking the natives land the Dutch decided to pay for the land. Some of the natives refused the money will others took the money. Two ministers from the church of the Dutch Reformed came to convert the natives but to no prevail it did not work.”