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How Did Hunting And Fishing Affect Native Americans

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Native American had knives that helped with hunting and fishing , what they had weren’t strong enough and couldn’t be used more than a couple of times, like the knives that the Europeans had, which were made of iron and steel. Before the Europeans brought guns the natives only had spears, hatchets and bows and arrows. The bow and arrow was used for hunting from a distance but could not do the damage of a gun. When Native Americans seen the damage a gun could, they realized they could use a gun when hunting larger animals. Natives also acquired horses because of Europeans and with horses and guns Native American could now take down large herds of animals quickly.
Weapons had a big impact on Native Americans that they became the biggest trade between the …show more content…

Europeans helped build not only new but better homes, farms, ranches, ports and ships in the New World. These establishments brought many new things such as the establishment of the first colonial and native towns, as well as the first government buildings in the new world. Native Americans were relocated into towns and villages. Although not everything was good they used building patterns that made buildings out of wood causing deforestation. Tools used to construct these homes were made of iron and steel, which allowed native to build stronger homes and allowed Europeans to build homes like which they had in Europe. Another vital instrument was used in the constructing of new homes, the wheel, it was used to transport large pieces of construction with ease. The wheel was later then used in ships as well. As more homes were built, more towns were built which caused the construction of sea ports and ships modeled after the ships that were built in Europe. With the building of ships and ports the new world was able to begin trade with their native land with

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