Relations with Native Americans Quick Check
Which of the following best describes the colonists’ relationships with Indigenous peoples in North America in early U.S. history?
The relationship between Indigenous peoples and colonizers was a peaceful one.
The relationship between Indigenous peoples and colonizers was a violent one. ✅
The relationship between Indigenous peoples and colonizers was filled with indifference.
The relationship between Indigenous peoples and colonizers was a compassionate one.
Describe European and American colonizers’ relationships with Indigenous Americans.
From the moment of first contact, European and American colonizers wanted to use the resources of the Americas for their own gain. This was done with disregard for the people already living on the American continents. This disregard often descended into cruelty toward colonizers by Indigenous people.
From the moment of first contact, European and American colonizers wanted to use the resources of the Americas for their own gain. This was done with great respect for the people already living on the American continents. Sadly, this respect slowly turned into cruelty toward colonizers by Indigenous people.
From the moment of first contact, European and American colonizers wanted to use the resources of the Americas for their own gain. This was done with disregard for the people already living on the American continents. This disregard often descended into cruelty toward Indigenous people by the colonizers. ✅
From the moment of first contact, European and American colonizers wanted to use the resources of the Americas for their own gain. This often descended into cruelty toward Indigenous people by colonizers, but this was quickly quashed by the U.S. government.
Analyze colonizer challenges to tribal sovereignty in the early United States.
Colonizers challenged tribal sovereignty by allowing Indigenous peoples to negotiate with the American government fairly and allowing them to keep living on their land.
Colonizers challenged tribal sovereignty by trading with Indigenous groups and sharing farming techniques with them.
Colonizers challenged tribal sovereignty by stealing land and introducing diseases, plants, and animals that devastated Indigenous land and peoples. ✅
American colonizers did not challenge tribal sovereignty. They worked together with Indigenous people and respected their rights.
Analyze Indigenous resistance movements from the colonial period to the post-Revolutionary War period.
European colonizers in the Americas, on the whole, treated Indigenous people with cruelty. The Indigenous people were never able to fight back.
European colonizers in the Americas, on the whole, treated Indigenous people with cruelty. These practices led Indigenous people to fight back. Examples of this include the Pueblo Rebellion and the fight of the Iroquois Confederacy against the Americans in the Revolutionary War. ✅
European colonizers in the Americas, on the whole, treated Indigenous people with cruelty. Mainly, Indigenous people did not fight back. The Pueblo Rebellion was the exception.
European colonizers in the Americas, on the whole, treated Indigenous people with kindness. Still, Indigenous people fought them. Examples of this include the Pueblo Rebellion and the fight of the Iroquois Confederacy against the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
Explain why enslaving the Indigenous peoples of the Americas was largely unsuccessful in filling the need of the plantations.
European colonizers were kind to Indigenous peoples. As a result, the colonizers did not want to enslave Indigenous peoples.
European colonizers’ cruelty meant that many people—Indigenous people as well as colonizers—died. As a result, there were not enough people left to enslave.
European colonizers’ cruelty, as well as the spread of disease, meant that many Indigenous people died. As a result, there were not enough people left for colonizers to enslave. ✅
Slavery did not exist in the Americas at the time of European colonization.
How did the colonizers attempt to disrupt Indigenous American societies in the early United States?
The colonizers attempted to disrupt Indigenous American societies by introducing new diseases, plants, and animals that devastated the Indigenous population. They also forcibly removed Indigenous people from their lands and attempted to assimilate them into European ways of life. Lastly, they frequently engaged in violent conflicts with Indigenous tribes in order to expand their own territory and resources.