COLONIAL AMERICANative American/Colonial Relations

IN THE BEGINNING….

Give & take b/t both groups Natives teach Survival

o Trade: crucial part of relationso Fur trade- 1 of earliest forms of tradeo French - $ for furo Natives: Euro. Goods, guns, cloth, jewelry etco Caused tension & conflict b/t tribes over hunting

IROQUOIS LEAGUE – LEAGUE OF 5 NATIONS

Late 1500’s: 5 tribes unite (Iro. Lang) settle disputes Est. unity & gov’t = power Forced other tribes W of G. Lakes

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

Land ownership: Natives: shared w/ group land sacred, not to be changed Lifestyle adapted to land Colonists: ind. Ownership Develop land = progress & civilization Adapt land to needs- fences, pastures, cut trees

Farming: Natives: Community Colonists: Individ. farms

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES….

Religion: Colonists:

Christians- Monotheistic Strong desire to Convert Viewed natives as “devils”

Natives: Rel. tied to nature & Polytheistic No need to convert others No disturbing Gods

NATIVE & COLONIST CONFLICTS!

Pequot War: 1637 Connecticut Increasing # of settlers = tension Prominent Mass. Resident killed Puritans want revenge Burning @ Mystic, CT Hunted & killed majority of tribe Result: near genocide!

KING PHILLIP’S WAR

1660: Metacomet (King Phillip) leader of Algonquin in N.E.

Raised b/t whites & Natives Father had helped Pilgrims Trade b/t groups but tension too 1670: Metacomet united Natives from RI to

Maine to drive out English This effort = King Phillip’s War Natives destroy: 17 English towns, attack 52

others, kill 2,000 settlers, destroy crops, fields, cattle, kidnap people

KING PHILLIP’S WAR CONTINUED…

English strike back: kill/wound 4000 1676: English find & kill Metacom War goes on.. End- Conquest of N.E. almost complete

OTHER PROBLEMS FOR ENGLISH:

Land conflict w/ English Religious & Intellectual changes