To Americans, the history includes both treating Native American tribes as equals and exiling them from their homes. The new U.S. government was thus free to acquire Native American lands by treaty or force. Resistance from the tribes stopped the encroachment of settlers, at least for a while.
To Americans, the history includes both treating Native American tribes as equals and exiling them from their homes. ... The new U.S. government was thus free to acquire Native American lands by treaty or force. Resistance from the tribes stopped the encroachment of settlers, at least for a while.
Europeans explored and claimed that more and more land was there. They had to make relations with people who were already in the Americas and try to find a way to conquer them and claim that land theirs.
