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The Impact of European Setllers on North American Natives

The Impact of European Setllers on North American Natives

The North American Continent had vast amounts of natives scattered around it. The lives of the natives all changed with the arrival of the Europeans. The Spanish claimed South America, Mexico and the Southwest part of the US; the French claimed the Midwest part of the US and the northeast part of Canada; the British claimed the eastern part of the US and the rest of Canada. These “invaders” taking over their land for the most part, enraged the natives. The conflicts in the colonies would rage on well into America’s future.

The Spanish first arrived in the America’s in with the voyages of Christopher Columbus. After that many Spanish explorers started coming to America in search of a way to the Far East and also for riches. The Spanish did not treat the natives of these lands with much respect. Cortez conquered the Aztecs in 1519 and Pizarro conquered the Incas in 1531. The natives for the most part were treated badly because of their beliefs and that the Spanish thought they lived in a backwards society. The Spanish started to setup missions, to convert the natives to Christianity. They wanted the natives to be Christians because they said that they would go to Hell if they did not convert over. Many natives converted over to Christianity while other did not. The ones that did not convert were either killed or enslaved. Due to this kind of treatment, most of the natives rebelled against the Spanish. These rebellions slowly decreased the native population. As the Spanish slowly expanded out of Mexico, the land of the natives slowly decreased. Not all of the natives that died, died from fighting the Spanish, but many died from disease. They were dying from many diseases but especially small pox. Since they have never been exposed to these types of diseases it hit them hard. They would die in droves since there was no way for them to stop it. Deaths in South America were incredibly bad. There were 25 million natives in 1500 and the population had decreased to about 3 million by 1650. The Spanish treated the natives as slaves and like barbarians. By doing this, the natives...

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