There are all kinds of stories of hostilities between early American colonists and the Native people who were already there. However, these hostilities did not occur with every European group who came. The French are a notable exception to this, and in fact, enjoyed excellent relations with the Natives almost from the very beginning.
Why were the French different? The main reason is that they did not try to change the Natives. They also did not compete with the Natives for land. When the French first came to the Americas in the 1530s and 1540s to engage in seasonal fur trading, they immediately established strong trading ties with the local Natives they found there. The Natives already dealt extensively in furs.
<span>the writings of the Enlightenment era thinkers like John Locke and montesquieu influenced the american revolution through discussing the concept of 'unalienable rights' or the rights that everyone should deserve and cannot be taken away. The idea of social contract also influenced the American Revolution.</span>
During the 1920's the economy would be recovering from the war they lost (World War 1) but in the late 1920's and early 1930's they were starting to get back up on their feet and got to full strength by 1939, which is when Hitler and his Reich started their "Blitzkrieg".
