Question: In the first years of the colonization of North America, Native Americans and European settlers encountered many cultu
ral practices widely divergent from what they were used to. Choose TWO issues and briefly explain the general differences that would have been observed in those first years of colonial settlement. Gender Land Use Religion You MUST use complete sentences in your answer.
Before the arrival of the Europeans, the Native Americans had their culture and religion. In the first years of colonization of North America, European settlers encountered many different practices among the Natives. Natives worshipped nature (plants, animals, rocks and shells) to be a gift of God which holds spiritual power. Spanish were surprised to see the ancient civilizations like Aztec, Maya and Incas with the practice of rituals that required a sacrifice of human or animal.
Europeans came from a culture that valued individualism, wealth, and accomplishment. Being in an acquisitive capitalist society, they followed Christian beliefs. In the name of God, they captured land and took wealth for their empires in Europe.
Tension grew in 1775 as British troops controlled Boston. In response, the colonists agreed with the Intolerable Acts, consented to British rule, negotiated with the king, and formed armed militias.
