Relationship Between Native American And British Settlers

Cooperation and conflicts between the early British settlers and Native Americans
Before talking about the relationship between the Native Americans and early England colonists, people should not forget that the explorer of Columbia states that Indians who live in early North America were friendly with him. However, different people in world had different attitude of early North Americans. For example, Spanish described Indians with the word of barbaric and savage. However, Indians who lived in North America were varied. During the time when British settlers occupied North America as colonies, the Indians were forced and pushed to adapt to the political system and rules of the British force.
Talking about two important colonies, Virginia and Massachusetts. People hold the opinion that early Indians attacked settlers because their land were occupied with aggressive weapon crackdown, settlers expand colonies’ barren land for growing, scaring away Indians’ prey. Finally, their ambivalence became armed conflicts, for example, the first Indian war, King of Philip’s War. In other words, when colonists first arrived the land of Virginia, Indians are ubiquitous

everywhere. From the colony of New England to Virginia colony, almost every colony has suffered the slaughter of Indians. Powathan confederacy was a group of Native American lived in Virginia colony at that time. Initially, Indians showed their hospitality and liked to accept these newcomers because they want to have trade with them. However, after the first two years, Virginia colony accepted many servants to grow tobacco, also, tobacco is a intensive labor crop that requires many people to grow and occupy a large piece of land. Therefore, Indians started to realize that settlers possessed their land and plundered their labor materials. On the other hand, the leader of Virginia colony whose name is John Smith, also hold negative attitude with Indians, he thinks that Indians are barbaric, savagery and don’t have human rights and power. Openchancaugh was tribal chief of Powhatan and pretending friendly to settles but finally strike settles in 1622. In other words, Indians and colonists relationship entered the deadlock.
Talking about the second important colony, Massachusetts Bay colony.

Native American live in Massachusetts were efficient farmers, they planted maize and pumpkins at that time. However, after settles came to their land, they had different attitude about land usage and land rights. At that time, they had no conflicts because they grow their own plants on separate fields. However, the turning point was the Pequot War, they have armed conflicts because of land recovery. In other words, British settles value different fields with their money value, which broke the initial lifestyle of Indians. Therefore, in 1636, Pequot War exploded between British settlers and Native Americans. Finally, settlers won all land which Indians have belong to British settlers. After this War, Indians became aggressive about their

land.