Essay On Native American Indian Interaction

533 Words3 Pages

In the history of the formation of the world, human beings walked the planet in search for food, safety and survival. There has always been a history of a group dominantly enforcing their beliefs and cultures on other inferior groups in the effort of “converting” them to their religion and culture. The efforts of the dominant group have always led to the oppression and subjugation of the other group. The European-Indian interaction was no different. Before the arrival of the whites, the Native Americans lived a ritualistic and simple way of life. They were even the dominant group shortly after the Europeans arrived, but their lives were never the same after the Europeans became comfortable with the environment. Things began to change at a fast pace that would strain the belief of the Indians; these Western European settlers …show more content…

This was their opportunity to express their feelings about the two European counterparts. While the majority of the Indian tribes supported the French during the war, several tribes lingered neutrally, or backed the British or shifted allegiances during the course of the war. Several Indian tribes claimed that the territory of the Ohio River valley rightfully belonged to them, some remained neutral, so that the fault lines of their non-monolithic conclusions was reflected in the sides that they backed. There were certain elements that were incorporated in the decision that made the Angloquians and some other traditional tribes to pledge their allegiance to the French. If their plan of removing the British had been successful, and the French had won the Seven Years War, there will be no America today. Coexistence would have replaced warfare, the American Revolution would not have taken place and the British prominence in the Western World