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No. In fact, one could argue that Native Americans were spiritually and socially superior to their conquerors in many ways.
Native Americans were defeated over a long span of time because they had a sustainable lifestyle and mindset, opposed to the acquisitive lifestyle of the Western Europeans who sought new lands in the Americas. While Native Americans could be fierce warriors, their focus was on living in touch with the land they occupied. As hunters, gatherers and in some cases agrarians, Native Americans in general appreciated Nature and understood their dependence on it. Many tribes did not have a concept of owning land, but felt they were a part of it.
The Western Europeans, however, were avaricious when it came to accumulating land and wealth. They exploited Natural Resources in such a way that it could be said that they raped Nature and felt no relationship to it other than ownership. Their technology was more advanced than that of the Native Americans, and did play a role in the decimation and utter defeat of the native peoples.
A little editorializing here. Could a mechanized, acquisitive approach to life be said to be "superior"? Pehaps not. Americans as a civilization are today so threatened by climate change and lack of resources that we would do well to investigate and return to the more sustainable practices of the Native Americans.
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How did spanish conquistadors treat the native americans they encountered?
The Spanish Conquistadors conquered the Native Americans because they wanted their gold.
Did the Native Americans dis like francisco Pizarro?
yes because he conquered there country and killed there people .
Advocates of assimilation regarded Native Americans as?
Advocates of assimilation regarded Native Americans as lesser than white Europeans and thought their culture was inferior. This movement persisted between 1790 and 1920.
Why did the native Americans choose to live in the missions?
because the native Americans wanted to
How did the frontier battles with the native Americans intensify Americans anti British feelings?
because the British supported the native Americans and because they were siding with them. that was the easiest question
Who conquered and enslaved Native Americans?
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How did frontier with native Americans intensify Americans' anti British feelings?
because the British sided with the native Americans
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they got along because the native Americans helped them
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Aggressive because they were afraid the Native Americans would revolt.
How did frontier battles Native Americans intensify Americans anti British feelings?
because the British sided with the native Americans
How did frontier battles with native Americans intensify Americans anti-British feelings?
because the British sided with the native Americans
