We did kill them, just not enough of them obviously. If we had managed to kill them all, Native Americans would be in a far better place today (than slaves as they are now).
killed them
Today the tribes located in this area are known as the Delware. When the Dutch settled the area they saw the Native Americans living there as possible slaves. They treated them poorly and killed them as well as taking the land. The European view of land ownership was opposite to the Native Americans. The Native American view is that there can't be landownership and that they had a duty to be caretakers of the land. Essentially the two views kept the European settlers from treating the Delware with respect and this affected the relationship between the two groups, so very little trading was done. These were a peaceful farming community when the European settlers arrived with disease, guns, and stealing their lands. The first reservation was located in New Jersey by the 1700's. The idea presented in some history books that Native Americans were happy to see the European settlers or they were violent people is not the truth. The truth is that Native Americans were killed and lands stolen until they were all on reservations by the mid 1800's.
Many thousands of Native Americans were killed by diseases such as smallpox that was spread to them, intentionally and unintentionally, by white settlers.
People killed the natives in honor of their god.
because the Native Americans lived in the Ohio River Valley which later on after the American Revolution, we Americans take over that land so therefore, the Native Americans had to move over to the Great Plains.
Native Americans attacked Colonial settlements, and settlers killed neutral Native Americans.
Smallpox. The European settlers brought it, but the native Americans had no immunity to it at all.
C.Disease
Native Americans attacked Colonial settlements, and settlers killed neutral Native Americans.
Native Americans attacked Colonial settlements, and settlers killed neutral Native Americans.
killed them
Native Americans attacked Colonial settlements, and settlers killed neutral Native Americans.
The Great Plains Native Americans were driven away by the settlers. These Native Americans were also killed off by diseases.
The Great Plains Native Americans were driven away by the settlers. These Native Americans were also killed off by diseases.
Today the tribes located in this area are known as the Delware. When the Dutch settled the area they saw the Native Americans living there as possible slaves. They treated them poorly and killed them as well as taking the land. The European view of land ownership was opposite to the Native Americans. The Native American view is that there can't be landownership and that they had a duty to be caretakers of the land. Essentially the two views kept the European settlers from treating the Delware with respect and this affected the relationship between the two groups, so very little trading was done. These were a peaceful farming community when the European settlers arrived with disease, guns, and stealing their lands. The first reservation was located in New Jersey by the 1700's. The idea presented in some history books that Native Americans were happy to see the European settlers or they were violent people is not the truth. The truth is that Native Americans were killed and lands stolen until they were all on reservations by the mid 1800's.
Many thousands of Native Americans were killed by diseases such as smallpox that was spread to them, intentionally and unintentionally, by white settlers.
The Native Americans didn't really have a choice. They were forced (most of them). Many were killed when they refused to give up their traditional beliefs.