People in the US are resistant to change because they believe their way of life does not need change.
Explanation:
As given, In cultures in which people believe that they can dominate their environment, individuals will tend to take a passive approach toward change. US is one of the cultures that takes pride in its past achievement and does not want to change that way of life that had led them there.
Ironically, the time of the progress in US was marked by such innovations that have defined the nations like China in the modern world now.
This is something that is hard to realize on a cultural term.
To maintain good relations between British and Native Americans