To what extent did Indigenous people resist European colonisation?

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"By what right or warrant can we enter into the land of these Savages, take away their rightful inheritance from them, and plant ourselves in their place, being unwronged or unprovoked by them?" For most of the English people, colonization was a way to spread liberty and the "good religion". But behind these generous civilizing settlements lurks a pure economic interest. We will study the general interactions between colonizers who are more particularly the English and the colonized people, especially in North America during the 17th and the 18th centuries. Even if Native Americans largely outnumbered the colonists at the beginning of the 17th century, they were around 503,100 in the year 1600 whereas the colonists were only 300. The Europeans succeeded in controlling a large part of the continent. Therefore, it is interesting to examine to what extent the indigenous people had resisted European colonization. Did they naturally accept the coming and the settlement of colonizers on their lands? Or did they fight to keep their land and liberty? The answers to these questions are given in this document.

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[...] This movie is based on a true story about an Indian girl who “helped the settlers of the Jamestown colony”[13] and married John Rolfe, a pioneer of tobacco cultivation. IV/ The Natives-newcomers coexistence Relationship between indigenous people and newcomers was not only based on economic cooperation. Indeed, both civilisations coexisted. Some Native Americans adopted the English language, culture and religion. They thought it was a privilege to adopt European England was seen as “home of Liberty in Europe, so also was the British Empire in America”[14]. [...]

[...] To what extent did Indigenous people resist European colonisation? Summary Introduction The European settlement II/ The “demographic catastrophe” III/ The economic Natives-newcomers cooperation IV/ The Natives-newcomers coexistence The resistance of the indigenous people Conclusion Bibliography Introduction what right or warrant can we enter into the land of these Savages, take away their rightful inheritance from them, and plant ourselves in their place, being unwronged or unprovoked by For most of the English people, colonisation was a way to spread liberty and the “good religion”. [...]

[...] New York. Oxford University Press Mancall, Peter C. Native Americans and Europeans in English America, 1500-1700. New York. Oxford University Press Richter, Daniel K. Native Peoples of North America and the Eighteenth- Century British Empire. New York. Oxford University Press Web sites 500 years of Indigenous Resistance, http://www.dickshovel.com Disney's POCAHONTAS, http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/Pocahontas.html The Last of the Mohicans, www.wikipedia.org Movies Last of the Mohicans” “Pocahontas” Niall FERGUSON. Empire, How Britain made the Modern World. (London, Penguin Books, 2004) 64. Peter C. MANCALL. [...]

[...] Fighting was one way to resist European colonisation, but Natives were not strong enough to succeed. Most of the time, “they were killed or enslaved”[19] by the Europeans. Another way to resist was to move toward the west coast of the American continent (European colonies were settled on the East coast). Indigenous people had to leave their lands and to start from scratch again in order to keep their liberty. The major risk was to face starvation and diseases. But running away was maybe the surest way to resist European settlers. [...]

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