The language barrier created confusion and conflict for the Europeans and Native Americans in 1492 when these two groups met for the first time. Neither group of people was familiar with the other group, nor were they able to speak or understand the language of the other group. Almost immediately, this created uncertainty and distrust between the Indians and the Europeans. Even though the Native Americans wanted to be allies, the Europeans felt the Native Americans to be inferior and naïve. Therefore, the Europeans decided to make the Native Americans slaves in order to create a cheap labor force.
Christopher Columbus , on his written memoirs noted some facts concerning the native Indians (Columbus ' reports to Ferdinand and Isabella [1493] . Columbus noted that they do not have any knowledge of metal craft , that the natives do not know how to make and use weapons probably because of the fact that they have no need for it since they are peaceful beings , that they do not seem to practice Cannibalism unlike other primitive natives and that the natives are very generous with what they have , up to the extent of actually offering what they have to others . The natives were also observed not to have practiced idolatry , but believes that everything associated with good comes from heaven , that the Indians revere them probably in reference to their color and the innovative things they possess , and that the Indians were observed not to have any individual inclination to own any object privately . Everything they have is distributed by a single person who is in charge of doing this Two other explorers going by the name Jacques Cartier , and Thomas Harriot made the same evaluation that the Indians on that continent were very generous with what they have , that the Indians are a poor people in terms of knowledge and skill , and that this is probably the primary reason for them to seek our friendship (Cartier , J . [1535] , and that the Indians have this notion that the equipment the colonizers brought were things made by the celestial beings themselves (Harriot T
This meant that PR was never going to be fully developed as a colonial powerhouse but instead used to house a good deal of soldiers to keep a firm grip on Spanish colonial interest. Cuba was more the bread basket for the Spanish and would soon become the most important colony for the Spanish Crown. Because of President McKinley and teller Amendment after the Spanish American War the United States could not and frankly did not want to annex Cuba but it did annex PR, from then on the differences started to be apparent. The US did not want to annex Cuba because it did not want to fan the flames of anti-imperial groups in the states. Also the Cuban people had figures like Jose Marti who petitioned for Cuban independence in the United States, one of the main reasons the US actually got involved was because of people like Marti who ran such a successful slander campaign on the treatment of the Cuban people by the Spanish.
They believed that in order to be “civilized” everyone should be able to read and write. Another misconception to the Naga traditions came when Western missionaries came to their land and ridiculed their traditions. The Westerners considered the Naga people “primitive and uncivilized” because they did not meet the “civilized” standards. However, Ngakang states that the Westerners “missed the point completely.” They did not understand any of the Naga practices and beliefs because their civilizations were different from the Naga traditions. Along with misconceptions of the Naga traditions came some losses.
The Jewish people do not believe in any prophets after their prophets, and that would include Jesus and Mohammad. They did not believe that Jesus was the son of God or the teachings of Mohammad. Living a moral life would send you to Heaven in the and conversely Hell if you did not. The Jews have dietary laws that certain foods can and cannot be eaten, and the preparation of the food. The Jews considered making and worshiping false idols was a sin.
Breaking the promises would have shown the Native Americans that the settlers thought little of their intelligence, and also would instil a lack of trust in the settlers, as now every apparently solemn vow to not attack certain areas or to treat the Plains Indians better etc. could now never be taken as the absolute truth and the Native Americans would have spent time wondering what treaty was to be broken and when. The second factor I shall look at will be the US army and its leaders. Men like
Before the Europeans colonized the Americas, there were people that lived on the land. The Native Americans that inhabited these lands were not warned of the Europeans’ arrival, nor did they know that there were civilizations past the rocky shores of the Americas. To the colonists, the Americas were undiscovered lands that they intended to call their own. However, the Native Americans proved to be an obstacle in their plan. The Europeans looked down on the Native Americans and referred to them as “savages” because their society did not match their own.
(38) It’s a shame that a new and trusting people were subject to such brutality. They probably never have foreseen the hate, bloodshed and destruction of their simple and mostly peaceful way of life. When Columbus came and took some of their peoples to Spain, the amazing and mysterious country. What were the thoughts of the Spanish people at this time? How long did it take to turn against the Native people in the name of God and gold?
Many of the Native Americans suffered from disease, starvation and death because of the forced relocation to the west. A change in climate and environment did not assist with the relocation of this society that had first existed on the American soil. This tragic incident is most remembered as the “The Trail of Tears”. Furthermore, the lack of compensation, by the government, to the Native Americans destroyed, the already diminishing, numbers of their eastern tribes. Many Americans opposed the removal of the Native Americans and argued that they too had been civilized and should be allowed to remain on the homelands, specifically Davey Crocket.
For example, during the French and Indian War, British commander and chief Jeffery Amherst suggested using smallpox to wipe out the Native Americans (D'Errico, 2010). When these new disease were introduced, the shaman or medicine men were baffled and unable to heal the ailments. As a result of the natives’ shaman being unable to cure their people of these diseases, the natives began not to believe in their healing powers. However, many of the indigenous that did not fall to disease, were captured for slavery. Many people believe that slavery of the Native Americans was a result of the Europeans colonizing the New World, but it was not.