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How did the Native Americans effect Jamestown?

wealth and power


What people or groups of people did not enter the encounter of Columbus with the Native Americans or follow it from a distance with interest with the hope of gaining great wealth?

The Taino Indians


Which of the following people or groups of people did not enter the encounter of Columbus with the Native Americans, or follow it from a distance with interest, with the hope of gaining great wealth?

The Taino Indians


What did Herman Cortes and Francisco Pizarro have in common?

Both were looking for wealth. Both used Indians to fight against other Indians. (Apex) Both used Violence against Native Americans.


Were native Americans conquered because they were inferior?

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.