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As people began to move west they wanted the Native American lands, so the act made it official that the tribes were to be removed. From the very moment of the first colony the European settlers did their best to kill, remove, or displace the Native tribes from their lands. The government made treaties they broke and they forcibly removed people to reservations. The Union army would go into a sleeping village early in the morning and kill men, women, and children. The government policy was a " good Indian was a dead one" and they would do anything to accomplish this task. Read Black Elk Speaks or Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee for further understanding of the genocide that was committed.
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∙ 12y agoMany thousands died from diseases such as small pox that the Europeans brought over. They were also introduced to alcohol, and many natives became addicted - including some leaders. Initially there was a lot of trading going on between the two groups - the natives and the Europeans - but hostilities quickly took over.
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∙ 14y agoIt basically terminated their traditional lifestyle, killed many of their skilled artisans leaving a people struggling between the world of their past and an unwelcoming world of the Future.
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How did the arrival of europeans affect the native americans in mexico?
The arrival of the Europeans did not affect the native americans in Mexico.
Why did native american populations rapidly decline during the 1500s?
they died due to europeans bringing over diseases that the native americans bodies were not adapted to.
What connection can be made between European treatment of colonial native population and the character of Caliban?
Caliban, like the colonized native populations, is at first grateful for new ideas and goods but then becomes resentful at his unfair treatment
How did the arrival of European settlers affect native American societies?
the native Americans brought germs and diseases to the europeans
Why couldn't the Indians' natural disease hurt the Europeans as much as the Europeans' illnesses extinguished the Native Americans?
Europeans be more biologically advanced than them ignorant sky worshipping Indians. Indian populations were more isolated.
How did the arrival of europeans affect the native americans in mexico?
The arrival of the Europeans did not affect the native americans in Mexico.
How did Indo-Europeans migrations affect modern world language?
In Europe, at the very least, Indo-Europeans squeezed out a lot of native populations--which is why Basque is a language isolate today--and resulted the wide swath of countries that speak Indo-European languages today.
What connection can be made between europs treatment of colonial native populations and the character of caliban?
Europeans used physical punishment to control native populations, just as prospero punishes caliban with physical pain. ---APEXXX
Why did native american populations rapidly decline during the 1500s?
they died due to europeans bringing over diseases that the native americans bodies were not adapted to.
What connection can be made between Europe's treatment of colonial native populations and the character of Caliban?
Caliban, like the colonized native populations, is at first grateful for new ideas and goods but then becomes resentful at his unfair treatment.
What connection can be made between treatment of colonial native populations and the character of Caliban?
Europeans took away the native populations' freedom like Prospero took Caliban's freedom.
What connection can be made between European treatment of colonial native population and the character of Caliban?
Caliban, like the colonized native populations, is at first grateful for new ideas and goods but then becomes resentful at his unfair treatment
Why did native Americans migrate?
Because, the Europeans had an affect on the whole Migration Pattern.
How did the cane toad affect the native populations directly and indirectly in the community?
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How did the arrival of European settlers affect native American societies?
the native Americans brought germs and diseases to the europeans
Were the Europeans inheritably superior to the native populations they encountered?
No, they weren't. It's true that the Europeans had better technologies in most cases, but they weren't necessarily more culturally, genetically advanced.
What factor is believe to have dramatically reduced new world native populations after contact with Europeans?
Europeans brought deadly diseases to the Americas that Native Americans were not immune to. This killed more natives than war.
