1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Kamila [148]
2 years ago
15

Immersive Reader

History
1 answer:
Sergio039 [100]2 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Diverse Native American religions and cultures existed before and after the arrival of European colonialists. In the 16th to 17th centuries, Spanish conquistadores and French fur traders were generally more violent to Native Americans than were the Spanish and French missionaries, although few Native Americans trusted any European group. The majority of early colonists did not recognize the deep culture and traditions of Native peoples, nor did they acknowledge the tribes' land rights. The colonists sought to convert the Native people in the New World and strip them of their land.

Download (PDF)

View full album

Religious and cultural difference was part of the landscape of America long before the period of European colonization. The indigenous peoples of this land Europeans called the “New World” were separated by language, landscape, cultural myths, and ritual practices. Some neighboring groups, such as the Hurons and the Iroquois, were entrenched in rivalry. Others, such as the nations that later formed the Iroquois League, developed sophisticated forms of government that enabled them to live harmoniously despite tribal differences. Some were nomads; others settled into highly developed agricultural civilizations. Along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, ancient communities of Native peoples developed ceremonial centers, and in the Southwest, cliff-dwelling cultures developed complex settlements.

When Europeans first occupied the Americas, most did not even consider that the peoples they encountered had cultural and religious traditions that were different from their own; in fact, most believed indigenous communities had no culture or religion at all. As the “Age of Discovery” unfolded, Spanish and French Catholics were the first to infiltrate Native lands, beginning in the 16th century. Profit-minded Spanish conquistadores and French fur traders competed for land and wealth, while Spanish and French missionaries competed for the “saving of souls.” By the mid-century, the Spanish had established Catholic missions in present-day Florida and New Mexico and the French were steadily occupying the Great Lakes region, Upstate New York, Eastern Canada and, later, Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta.

Many of the European missionaries who energetically sought to spread Christianity to Native peoples were motivated by a sense of mission, seeking to bring the Gospel to those who had never had a chance to hear it, thereby offering an opportunity to be “saved.” In the context of the often brutal treatment of Native peoples by early Spanish conquistadores, many missionaries saw themselves as siding compassionately and protectively with the indigenous peoples. In 1537, Pope Paul III declared that Indians were not beasts to be killed or enslaved but human beings with souls capable of salvation. At the time, this was understood to be an enlightened view of indigenous people, one that well-meaning missionaries sought to encourage.

Letters from missionaries who lived among indigenous tribes give us a sense of the concerns many held for the welfare of tribal peoples. A letter by Franciscan friar Juan de Escalona criticizes the “outrages against the Indians” committed by a Spanish governor of what is now New Mexico. The governor’s cruelty toward the people, de Escalona wrote, made preaching the Gospel impossible; the Indians rightly despised any message of hope from those who would plunder their corn, steal their blankets, and leave them to starve. The writings of Jean de Brebuf, a French Jesuit missionary who lived and worked among the Hurons for two years without securing a single convert, reveal the powerful force of religious devotion that compelled missionaries to leave their homes for unknown lands and difficult lives in North America.

Explanation:

You might be interested in
What did the Virginia Company do to keep tobacco farmers from leaving?​
stellarik [79]

Answer:

didn't they offer them a deal

Explanation:

7 0
2 years ago
42.
Nina [5.8K]

China was probably least influenced by the policy of trading geneticslly modified orgsnisms, although given the tense economic relationship between the USA and Mexico and the geopolical particularities of Chad, they would be good candidates

4 0
3 years ago
Which of the following is NOT a country of mainland Southeast Asia?
Montano1993 [528]
It would be "Indonesia" that is not a country of mainland Southeast Asia," since Indonesia is in fact a large groups of islands off the coast, located above Australia. 
3 0
3 years ago
Which of the following countries was a member of the Central Powers? Germany Belgium Italy
djverab [1.8K]
Austria Hungary, Germany were members of the central powers and the allied composed of Britain, Belgium<span>
</span>
4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Who was the titan of the sun
kotykmax [81]

Helios in Mythology. In Greek mythology, Helios is the offspring of the titans Hyperion and Theia. His sisters were Selene (the Moon) and Eos (Dawn). Hesiod informs us in his Theogony that with Perseis, daughter of Ocean, he had two children, Circe and king Aietes, who ruled at Kolchis.

4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • PLZ HELP 10000000 POINTS ASAP
    7·1 answer
  • (2 POINTS AND BRAINLIEST FOR BEST)
    6·2 answers
  • Which of the following has the most influence on United States foreign policy? A)The Supreme Court B)Congress C)State governors
    6·2 answers
  • BRAINLIESTTTTT ASAP!!!!!
    13·2 answers
  • How Does belief systems influence society and government
    14·1 answer
  • How did the ideas of the Enlightenment help to create the modern world economic system?
    8·2 answers
  • What best describes an indentured servant?
    5·2 answers
  • What does the word segregated mean?<br><br> Plzzzzz help me
    10·2 answers
  • What is one benefit of a strong federal government and weaker state governments?
    5·2 answers
  • This excerpt immediately preceded which of the following significant final Cold War events?
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!