a clash of cultures. i. european warfare against foreign invaders centuries before the discovery of...
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I. EUROPEAN WARFARE AGAINST FOREIGN INVADERS
CENTURIES BEFORE THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD, EUROPE HAD FOUGHT AGAINST INVASIONS FROM:
ASIAN MONGOLSMUSLIM ARABSMUSLIM TURKSMUSLIM MOORS FROM AFRICA
THIS CONSTANT WARFARE CAUSED MANY EUROPEANS TO HAVE FEELINGS OF HATE, FEAR AND DISTRUST TOWARDS NON-WHITE, NON-CHRISTIAN PEOPLE
II. MATERIAL CULTURE
NATIVE AMERICANS MADE CLOTHES, WEAPONS, HOMES ETC. FROM MATERIALS FOUND IN NATURE
EUROPEANS HAD ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES THAT PRODUCED GUNS, CLOTH, IRON TOOLS & UTENSILS ETC.
NATIVE AMERICANS WANTED EUROPEAN GOODS
MANY EUROPEANS VIEW NATIVE AMERICANS AS PRIMITIVE, SAVAGE, BARBARIC
III. RELIGION
NATIVE AMERICANS HAD MANY GODS/SPIRITS & CEREMONIES
EUROPEANS WERE CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVED IN ONE GOD
SOME NATIVE AMERICANS ADOPTED PARTS OF CHRISTIANITY WHILE OTHERS BELIEVED RELIGION WAS A PERSONAL MATTER
MANY EUROPEANS VIEWED NATIVE AMERICANS AS HEATHENS;AGENTS OF THE DEVIL
IV. LAND & LAND OWNERSHIPNATIVE AMERICANS BELIEVED LAND WAS A GIFT GREATER THANMAN; NO MAN COULD CLAIM TO OWN IT
TO EUROPEANS A MAN’S STATUS WAS DETERMINED BY LANDOWNERSHIP; LAND WAS WEALTH
NATIVE AMERICANS COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND CONCEPT OF LAND OWNERSHIP
EUROPEANS BELIEVED NATIVE AMERICANS DID NOT USE THE LANDPROPERLY; BELIEVED THE NATIVES HAD NO RIGHT TO THE LAND
V. EUROPEAN ACTION/POLICY
OVER TIME THE MAIN EUROPEAN & LATER AMERICAN POLICY WILLBE TO REMOVE OR DESTROY NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS
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