Question

Do you think English settlers and their native neighbors, including the Wampanoags, could have lived together in peace? Why or why not? 30+ pts

Answer 1

I think they should have definitely but I do not think they could have. The English had been colonizing for hundreds of years and believed that they were superior. There are also obvious cultural differences. In English culture and society everything is owned by someone, the more you own the more important you are whereas most native cultures do not recognize the owning of land. Hunting and fishing practices are different as well as things such as agreements or deal are different. In native cultures these things are often spoken and are verbal agreements and are respected as such. In English culture nothing is permanent except written contracts. In my opinion there is almost no way the English colonizers would have given up the power that they felt they deserved in order to live equally and in peace with those indigenous to the lands they settled on.