Not all settlers considered themselves enemies of the natives but sought to better the lives of the natives and so had a second unintentional effect of introducing disease for which the natives had no immunity (Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 2011). The Spanish saw the Islands now known as the Philippine Islands as a prime location for military post and trade center. They conquered the islands with their superior military destroyed their culture as they saw it as Satanic but did not occupy the Islands as a colony and ruled through native chiefs. Much of the culture of the Filipino people before Spanish rule has been lost but the people themselves have remained (Library of congress, 2014). The indigenous people of the continent now known as Australia were a simple people very minimalist in their approach to life and nurturing of the members of their group.
Of course, she did not wish for war. Her own husband was a United States Army Captain. Her second husband was a railroad executive; he built railroads which destroyed the Indian’s habitats. She believed that the government should fix the treaties between the Indian and U.S they so often ignored for their belief in Manifestation, and settle the dispute in a peaceful way. 4.
However, in some instances I think he went too far, such as forcefully making Native Americans leave and some of the comments he made about the issue. For example, Jackson says “Toward the aborigines of the country no one can indulge a more friendly feeling than myself, or would go further in attempting to reclaim them from their wandering habits and make them a happy, prosperous people” (Hollitz, 209). But Jackson’s comments don’t seem to coincide with his actions regarding the Cherokee Indians in Georgia. The Cherokee had attempted with great success to become more Americanized, but were ordered by Georgia to leave as per the Indian Removal Act created by Jackson. The Cherokee incorporated laws, a constitution, interracial marriages, and even tried living like whites do.
The English believed that the Native Americans were not making the land yield enough fruit and this perceived shortcoming caused the natives to forfeit their right to the land. From this mindset the English decided that they would not make slaves of the Indians but give the Native Americans an “opportunity to work, to pay taxes to the commonweal, to become Christian, and to learn how to make the land more productive-so that they would ultimately be better off than they were before (p. 36).” Despite the “Christian- sentiments” of the colonists, cruelty in colonial America raged. After failing to cultivate the land properly, the English colonists were desperate for food. Although they could have traded with the natives for food, “President” John Smith decided that the colonists would go into the native villages and take the
Using archival footage, United States Cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the eighty-five-year-old Robert McNamara, as a former Secretary of Defense, The Fog of War depicts his life, from his birth during the First World War remembering the time American troops returned from Europe, to working as a WWII Whiz Kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to his being employed as Secretary of Defense and the Cuban Missile Crisis, to managing the American Vietnam War, as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson — emphasizing the war's brutality under their regimes, and how he was hired as Secretary of Defense, despite limited military experience. In a 2004 appearance at U.C. Berkeley, Errol Morris
‘The Fog of War’ is an interview based documentary with Robert Strange McNamara, the legendary US secretary of Defense. He served in the military during World War II. During his time in the office as a Secretary of Defense he had successfully dealt with some of the most crucial and intense events in the history of America, Cuban Missile Crisis and The Vietnam War. The main focus of this documentary film was about his experience over this time period and how 11 of the tactics or strategies he followed to deal with such situations. By studying this 11 lessons that has been discussed in this documentary we can really make some major decisions in our daily life situations, if required.
Whereas John Martin had a different point of view. He viewed indians as barbarous and thought they deserved punishment for the war. He suggested how to bring indians under control and how to teach them a lesson. John smith governed the colony where as john martin was an early
How did so few Spanish manage to conquer such huge territories and the population taking up those lands? And why? The article “Columbus and the War on Indigenous People” written by Michael Stevenson describes the potential arguments that Europeans used to justify their conquest of the Americas. The colonizing process lead to entering and destroying the indigenous people's territories, and developed methods of disciplinary control over their lives, while coming up with various techniques for taking their land. Men and women were willing to leave the Old World and experience the New World, taking a
They controlled what was known as the “middle” America. Their main forte was the trapping and fur trade, however very lucrative this was not a sustainable business and way to support an economy on its own. Another big reason the French failed at colonizing was the lack of motivation. There was no religious persecution or political unrest in France at the time of New World colonization. As opposed to England who wanted to use the area as a “dumping ground” for religious zealots, the French wanted to tap the fur trade.
The white Americans didn’t understand any of this and in their society everyone has to do what they’re told by their law which was made by the Government. For Indians ambushing an enemy and stealing their horse was a great thing to do. They thought by doing this they will become ‘big’ and respected within their tribe. Every young boy dreamed of winning a glory in battle. As I said this is how they gained respect and by doing this they could also gain a wife.