hunting and eating
wealth and power
The Taino Indians
The Taino Indians
Both were looking for wealth. Both used Indians to fight against other Indians. (Apex) Both used Violence against Native Americans.
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.
wealth and power
By selling furs to the Native-Americans.
Both used Indians to fight against other Indians. Both were looking for wealth. Both used violence against Native Americans. Both were looking for wealth
The Spanish were killing them, enslaving them, taking their women and wealth.
richie
To convert the native Americans to Christianity
The Taino Indians
The Taino Indians
timbuktu
Veramain
yes
Wealthy Americans