They fought, they killed and burned and did whatever they could to discourage expansion. Unfortunately for them there were many more Europeans (white people) than Indians and a large portion of the Europeans were poor and looking for land and a way to improve their lives. They simply kept coming and slowly pushed the Indians away in front of them.
The Native Americans preserved aspects of their own culture to resist the Europeans. For example, language, religious traditions and clothing.
Guns
In the end they were unable to resist removal.
Over time, Native Americans lost the ability to effectively resist white settlement.
Americans had no way to resist European diseases, particularly smallpox and measles. Within a few years of the first early contacts with Europeans, disease had wiped out thousands of Native Americans. No one can be sure how many died.
little turtle along with the miamis and shawnees (Native Americans)
Tecumseh's goal was to create a pan-tribal confederacy powerful enough to counter and resist the United States.
is this a question from ur history/english class. i have the same exact question.
They competed for the three G's; for God, for Gold, and for Glory.
Before any Europeans came Native Americans already had their own belief systems and ways of life . Plus the way that the Eurpeans went about trying to assimilate them(killing, conquest, lies,torture, kidnapping..ect) was barbaric to say the least.
The Ottoman Empire tried to resist European Trade and Culture but were not terribly effective in doing either, especially at resisting European Culture.
Tecumseh's "Let the White Rice Perish" speech was a rallying cry to the Native American tribes to resist the White Man's laws. Native Americans had no concept of private land ownership and viewed all of the land as commonly owned. Appalled at the tribes who had "sold" land to the whites, Tecumseh's set out to unify and resist any more forfeiture of native lands.