Characteristics Of Puritan Settlers

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Intro
In 1628 a group of settlers called the Puritans came to America. Their goal here was to create a successful settlement. They achieved this by making peace and starting wars with the Natives. Have a strict Religion and set of rules. And a very interesting daily life.
Solicitation with the Natives
A Peaceful Start
Unlike most settlers, the Puritans were not focused on enslaving the Natives in New England. Their focus was more on build their communities into big successes and having an organized village. In Fact they want almost nothing to do with the Natives. They had heard of previous settlers starting argument with Natives and then a few settlers would be killed by Natives. On the other hand the Natives wanted a group of people with the …show more content…

Since they did not see the Puritans make any gestures of any sort, not even a bad one, they Natives decided to take communication into their own hands. Once the Puritans reached the shore of New England the Natives immediately greeted them with friendly actions. They showed them around the land. Though they couldn’t communicate very well they made their best impression. With no reaction from the Puritans the Natives decided to share some of their items with the Puritans. They gave Puritans food and tools they used. They lended them beads and shells which was used as money. With this the Puritans could trade beads and shells for fur and hide with other tribes. The Natives also gave them the skills they would need to survive on the land. Now loaded with the gifts from Natives the Puritans decided to give back. It was only fair to give a gift or two. Not being as generous or kind as the Natives the Puritans gave them 3 things, disease, whisky and firearms. They also had demanded that they Natives give up their freedom and were to work for them as slaves or to be trade to the West Indies. Even though they wanted nothing to do …show more content…

They Natives weren’t going to stand there and watch their civilization being drowned out by a group of settlers and colonists. Their people were being enslaved some being sold to the West Indies, others being put to work in farms and plantations. The Puritans were pushing out the Natives and moving into their land. They were chopping down their forests and building houses and factories. They were expanding their area because the King wanted to expand his Kingdom. In 1637 a puritan man was killed by neighboring tribes and this a way to show they Puritans the Natives were not going to stand for any of the Puritan’s ways. Once the puritans saw the Natives were rebelling under their rules, they immediately wiped them out. Building and villages were burned to them ground and thousands of Natives were lost. The survivors either ran away to other tribes or were slaughtered. During the war maybe a few dozen puritans were lost. However compared to a whole village, the Natives were not only frustrated at their choice to help the Puritans but were they were losing everything. They would have okay if the Puritans would have left them alone and not give them any gifts. Before most knew it the poor Natives were gone from the settlers land. They had just want a stronger friend to protect them from the danger of other colonists but instead they got betrayal. Those who were kept as slaves worked without saying a word or asking a

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