Question

How were Native Americans characterized and treated by Europeans? What explains this treatment? What social and cultural factors impacted relations and interactions between Europeans and Native Americans?

Answer 1

Native Americans were generally not respected or treated well by Europeans. When European settlers arrived to America, they usually stole the lands of the Native people, pushing them into other territories and killing many. Although some collaborated with each other, in general, relationships between the two groups were complicated and negative. There are several reasons for this. The difference in culture often meant that the settlers and the Native people had very different ideas when it came to the use of resources, private property, land, agriculture and many other factors. All of this led to significant conflict. Moreover, European ideas usually centered on the supremacy of white people, which led them to disregard the ideologies of the Native people.

Answer 2

EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENCES REGARDING CULTURE, VALUES AND SOCIAL FACTORS, EVEN THOUGH THE WAY THEY DRESSED AND LOOKED, SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF ASPECTS THAT DIFFERENTIATE EACH OTHER, IT IMPLIED, SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, BELIEFS, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THE WAY THEY CONCEIVED THEIR LANDS. EUROPEANS TREATED NATIVE AMERICANS LIKE THEY WERE THEIR ALLIES, THEY ALWAYS COOPERATE WITH THE AMERICANS, THEY GAVE AMERICANS WEAPONS TO FIGHT AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES. HOWEVER, AFTER THAT TIME OR PERIOD, NATIVE AMERICANS MANUFACTURED THEIR OWN WEAPONS. DESPITE OF THEIR A LOT DIFFERENCES, CULTURAL ASPECTS WERE THE MOST RELEVANT ONE OVER TIME, AND THE MOST IMPACTED FACTOR WAS THE TRADE.