The World Turned Upside Down

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Term Paper Title	The World Turned Upside Down
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	3.38

The World Turned Upside Down

When the Europeans established colonies in the New World, they sought
to convert the Indians way of civilization.  Their obsession was to
spread Christianity and their culture throughout all of the colonies
including the Indian villages.  Some Indian people accepted these
traditions because they felt as if they had no where else to turn.  When
the settlers invaded the new land they brought with them many diseases
which wiped out many Indian villages and tribes.  The Indians also had a
hard time excepting the invasions on new territories, which led to many
wars.  This resulted in a large decrease of the Indian population, so
some Indians turned to Cristianity and other European traditions.  On
the otherhand, many Indians insisted that European beliefs should exist
only amongst themselves.  They had no business trying to introduce a new
religion when the Indian's traditions have been practiced for years.
The Indians during this time were forced to accept the Europeans
establishing new territories, even if they did not belong to them.  As
the Indian populations continued to decrease, some Indians intermarried
with the Europeans and even the Africans to try and boost the population
once again.  This of course produced mixed children who were confused
and could not decide which culture they would accept.  This mix of
people changed the ways of living for the Native Americans as well as
the Europeans throughout early America.
It is obvious to me that land was the largest reason for war among the
Indians and the Europeans.  It was simple: the Indians did not want to
give up their land that they had claimed for so many years to a bunch of
irrogant settlers who take what ever they want.  The English felt that
God had granted them the land and the Indians should be removed.
However, the Native Americans also wanted something from the new
colonists, trade.  The American Indians were great hunters who collected
many furs that were valuable trade products.  After time some Indian
tribes grew in debt with the settlers and the only way they could pay
their debts is by giving them land.  That is where the Europeans and the
Indian's attitudes differ over land.  The Indians were willing to
sometimes negotiate about certain territories, where most of the
Europeans were going to take the land whether the Indians were going to
cooperate or not.  Battles often broke out when larger Indian tribes
felt they could ...

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