Christopher Colombus 1492

In the year 1492 Christopher Colombus founded the New World. After this discovery, European countries began establishing colonies on this new found continent. As a result, the natives of this land know as the Native American's life changed greatly. Two of the main European powers that setteled in this new found land were the French and British. During the this time the British handicapped the Native Americans economy, and did not respect their culture. The French on the other hand, responed mutally with the Native Americans economically and greatly apericiated their culture.

When the French arrived in the New World aroun the early 1500's, they were actually looking for a passage to the East Indies. They sailed along the St. Lawrence River which ended quicker then then French expected. Once the French had landed and claimed this land they started to create settlements. The settlement failed and wasnt revisited until the early 1600's. In 1608 Samuel de Champlain took a group of settleres to the Montreal area and founded a fort. Here the French recruited the Native Americans for trade and indircetly increased the economy of the Native Americans. They brought in fur trade and traded the Native Americans items they valued such as beads, knives, and eventually guns. Culturally the Natives and the French got along well. The French respected the ways of the Native Americans and formed very relations with them. The French even helped a group of Native Americans called the Huron fend off the tribes enemy; a southern tribe called the Iroquois. Champlain and one of his soldier shot and killed three Iroquois. As you can see, the French gained a lot from respecting and befriending the Native Americans.

The British had a very different approach to the way the treated the Native Americans. England's first explores hit the land of the New World in the late 1500's and didnt establish their first settlement, Jamestown,until 1607. After getting settled in the north part of modern day America, the british traveled west to find new land and cut down trees for grazing areas for roaming areas. When the English met with Native Americans, it ignited the Anglo-Powhatan War. This war had three parts. The first started in 1609 or 1610 and ended in a peace settlement. Another war happened that lasted from 1622 til 1632. The world lasted from 1644 to 1646. It ended when the chief of the Powhatan confederation was captured and killed. These fights were mainly caused by land-hungry colonists raiding Native Americans for their economical gain, and Southern colonies constantly enganging Indians their land. The English never respected the Native's cultural usually pushing them out of their land like in the Southern Colonies, in which they were pushed westward. The Carolinas teamed up and raided Native American tribes and sold many of the captures to slavery and by 1720 most tribes were dead. In the north the Puritans also outcasted