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1. Discuss the relationship between the English Settlers and the native tribes.  

Answer 1

Uneasy...sometimes hostile....the two cultures were so different, language, customs, lifestyles, were so opposite that neither knew what to expect of the other. For the most part, English settlers saw the Natives as ignorant heathens..unsophisticated, backward.....
heres an example for you..."English colonists settled Jamestown in 1607. The friendly chief Powhatan ruled the confederated tribes in the area. A few years after he died in 1618 Opechancanough became chief. The new leader hated the English and planned secretly to destroy their settlements. At this time, Jamestown and the other English colonies in Virginia had fewer than 4,000 settlers. In March 1622, Opechancanough led a furious assault along a 140 mile (225 kilometer) front and killed 347 colonists. The survivors retreated to Jamestown, and laid plans to massacre the Native Americans. The settlers invited the tribes to plant corn. In the fall, the whites attached. They destroyed the fields of corn, killed many of the Native Americans, and left the rest to starve. Twelve years of warfare followed. They made peace with the whites in 1634, but Opechancanough attached again in 1634 and killed over 300 English people but were finally defeated after a fierce two day battle."

In the north, the Puritans had less tolerance for Natives, as a whole. Though there was some co-operation in the beginning, that quickly wore off. Reference the above site, it gives a good account of relations in New England, also.

Answer 2

During the numerous years of colonization, the relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans of the area was usually the same. Native Americans would initially consider the settlers to be allies, then as time passed, they would be engaged in wars with them in a struggle for control of the land. This process of friendship to enemies seemed to be the basic pattern in the majority of the colonies.

When the English landed in Jamestown in 1607, the dominant tribe of the area was the Powhatan (which the English settlers named after the leader of the tribe, Powhatan). At first meeting, the Powhatan considered the settlers as allies, who may be able to aid them in their struggle for land and power over the other tribes in the area. These relations strained when starving settlers started to take food from the Native Americans. In 1610, any notion of alliance between the Powhatan and the Virginia settlers was immediately crushed when Lord De La Warr arrived with a declaration of war against all Indians in the Jamestown area. De La Warr used his "Irish Tactics" of burning houses and crops and taking prisoners to destroy the Native Americans in what was known as the First Anglo-Powhatan war. A peace treaty was signed, but lasted only eight years. The Powhatan killed 347 settlers, which lead to the Virginia Company to give orders for "a perpetual war without peace or truce." Although the Powhatan made one more attempt at destroying the Virginians, they were defeated again in the Second Anglo-Powhatan war. The peace treaty of 1646 eliminated all chance of the Powhatan coexisting with the Virginia settlers. The treaty also banished the Indians from their native lands, which lay the president for what was later known as a reservation. After this the number of Native Americans in Virginia dwindled to a low 10% of the population.

Uneasy...sometimes hostile....the two cultures were so different, language, customs, lifestyles, were so opposite that neither knew what to expect of the other. For the most part, English settlers saw the Natives as ignorant heathens..unsophisticated, backward.....
heres an example for you..."English colonists settled Jamestown in 1607. The friendly chief Powhatan ruled the confederated tribes in the area. A few years after he died in 1618 Opechancanough became chief. The new leader hated the English and planned secretly to destroy their settlements. At this time, Jamestown and the other English colonies in Virginia had fewer than 4,000 settlers. In March 1622, Opechancanough led a furious assault along a 140 mile (225 kilometer) front and killed 347 colonists. The survivors retreated to Jamestown, and laid plans to massacre the Native Americans. The settlers invited the tribes to plant corn. In the fall, the whites attached. They destroyed the fields of corn, killed many of the Native Americans, and left the rest to starve. Twelve years of warfare followed. They made peace with the whites in 1634, but Opechancanough attached again in 1634 and killed over 300 English people but were finally defeated after a fierce two day battle."

Answer 3

Early English settlers had an on again-off again relationship with the Indians (the term Native Americans was not in use at that time). Many times they were at war and other times the Indians were teaching colonists how to survive. Samoset and Squanto were the two main Indians who are credited with helping the colonists survive in the New World.

The Puritans had no problem with the Indians until they refused to become Christians. After that, the Indians were considered heathens and savages.

The english settelers were peaceful at first because they did not know how powerful the natives are once they figured out they were more powerful than the natives they conquered the natives land and made them slaves. they brung new foods and plants to their land they also brung african slaves to the land. also europeans brung new diseases that killed millions of natives they pretty much took everything from the natives

Answer 4

relationship between the English Settlers and the native tribes.

During the numerous years of colonization, the relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans of the area was usually the same. Native Americans would initially consider the settlers to be allies, then as time passed, they would be engaged in wars with them in a struggle for control of the land. This process of friendship to enemies seemed to be the basic pattern in the majority of the colonies.

When the English landed in Jamestown in 1607, the dominant tribe of the area was the Powhatan (which the English settlers named after the leader of the tribe, Powhatan). At first meeting, the Powhatan considered the settlers as allies, who may be able to aid them in their struggle for land and power over the other tribes in the area. These relations strained when starving settlers started to take food from the Native Americans. In 1610, any notion of alliance between the Powhatan and the Virginia settlers was immediately crushed when Lord De La Warr arrived with a declaration of war against all Indians in the Jamestown area. De La Warr used his "Irish Tactics" of burning houses and crops and taking prisoners to destroy the Native Americans in what was known as the First Anglo-Powhatan war. A peace treaty was signed, but lasted only eight years. The Powhatan killed 347 settlers, which lead to the Virginia Company to give orders for "a perpetual war without peace or truce." Although the Powhatan made one more attempt at destroying the Virginians, they were defeated again in the Second Anglo-Powhatan war. The peace treaty of 1646 eliminated all chance of the Powhatan coexisting with the Virginia settlers. The treaty also banished the Indians from their native lands, which lay the president for what was later known as a reservation. After this the number of Native Americans in Virginia dwindled to a low 10% of the population.