Question

What does the seal of the Massachusetts Bay colony tell us about English attitudes toward Native Americans?

Answer 1

Massachusetts Bay colony was called the Royal Colony in 1629 and a modern state seal was approved by the Massachusetts legislature inn 1828. This evolution of the seal reveals how Massachusetts became to be the first state in the united states of america and why it intended to secede from the English Crown

Explanation:

Initially many Puritans from Great Britain settled in Massachusetts and they continued their traditional practices of worship where in the church and state were intertwined and depended on each other. Before the settlers arrived many Native american tribes Wampanoag, Pequot and Nipmuck lived in small bands and had no supreme chief. Different tribes spoke different languages and there were cultural misunderstandings that prevailed which the settlers viewed to be most inferior and decided to influence Christianity and  convert many of the native Americans. Some were annoyed at the English attitude of forceful conversion which asked to become aloof from their family and hence many native Americans refused to accept Christianity. This made the English king to incarcerate the native Americans who refused to embrace Christianity and many were forced to evacuate their own lands. Many native american tribes vanished due to  death and starvation.

Massachusetts legislature followed self rule and when the English King asked the Massachusetts Bay colony to follow the book of common prayer insisted by the English king, it refused ton accept the prayers and decided to secede from the English crown. Thus the Seal Of Massachusetts and attitude towards native Americans reveal that English Monarch was despotic and oppressed people by forcefully making the people accept his opinions and ideas.