The Negative Effects Of The European Exploration And Colonization Of North America

Rough Draft Throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth century there was a great expansion into the European exploration and colonization of North America. Many Europeans sought to change their lives in the new world. Here, they could start new life, and live free of the religious persecution occurring in Europe. The British were one of the main Europeans groups whom settled and colonized North America. The British and Native tribes had a very unique relationship that was at times civil and mutually beneficial but often, there were times where the British colonization had many negative effects on native tribes such as war, annexation of land and infecting native tribes with old world diseases they had not yet seen. The English were a very prominent

In the wars between Native Americans and Europeans, there advanced technology such as muskets gave them a huge advantage. In order to protect themselves many tribes made alliance with certain European settlements. During a series of wars known as the “French-Indian Wars”, many tribes pledge allegiance to either the French or the British in exchange for later protection and trade. Tribes such as the Wampanoag, team up with the British settlers in the Plymouth colony as they “formed a military pact that would simultaneously ensure European safety from harsh winters and hostile Indians, and provide the Wampanoag security from enemy tribes, already partnering up with other European settlers” (Rodgers). But even with these alliances many tribes were still the pawn of their European partners. With war now dominating Indian life, and as a result “Indians became more dependent on European allies for goods and provisions” (First Peoples). Since they were at war they were no longer in their villages manning the fields, they now relied more than ever on the help from Europeans. The result of the warring and increased dependence caused extreme hardships on Native Americans. “As war became endemic in eighteenth-century North America, Indian villages and countryside bore the brunt of the fighting” (first peoples) as crops were destroyed and tribes were forced to move from their land due to the destruction and constant violence. European imperialistic wars, had extremely negative effects on the communities and way of life once lived by Native