American Indians would European settlers have encountered The Arawak, Taino, and Lucayan peoples first came into touch with Europeans when they came across the Italian adventurer Christopher Columbus and his Spanish ships.
Native Americans and European settlers had a tumultuous relationship during the colonial era.
They fought the attempts of the Europeans to expand their dominance over them by war and diplomacy.
However, obstacles like new diseases, the slave trade, and the steadily increasing European population in North America presented themselves to the Native Americans, preventing them from achieving their aim.
Some leaders forged alliances with Native American countries to oppose foreign powers in the 17th century as European nations fought for control of the already colonised territory in the "New World."
During the French and Indian War of 1754–1763, some notable alliances were forged.
The Algonquian-speaking tribes joined arms with the French and the Spanish, while the English sided with the IroquoisConfederacy.
