Reaction

William Orr
HIST 1311
Reaction Paper 1
October 13, 2009
Relationships between the French, English and Indians
The seventeenth and 18th centuries were times of expansion for the French, English, and Indians, as each of the trio wanted more land because they believed the amount of land own was directly proportional to the power and success of their colony. However, the Indians did a make do more to stay out of conflicts than the English or French. Their mindset, contradictory the English and French, was to stay at peace with e genuinelyone. Eventually the Iroquois chose to associate with British, but only because they really had no choice.
From the beginning, the Indians weren’t very sure which colonies they should befriend and which colonies they should stay away from. Early in the 17th century they were being forced to join accepted religions that they had never heard of. They resisted as much(prenominal) as they could, and the casualty most likely put a adult predilection in their mouths regarding the colonists. It is likely that the Indians did not only have bad feelings towards the people that forced their religion upon them, but towards all of the blank people who were “invading” their territory.



For the most part, the Indians did not create much havoc in the colonies, and they even tried avoiding it with the Great peacefulness of 1701; a treaty between about forty Indian nations and the French.
If anyone had a right to be angry, it was the Indians. They originally had a chaw of the land that was taken over by the French and English. The distaste they showed towards Mary Rowlandson and her tribe was fierce, but could have been worse. They did not garbage down everyone, and eventually freed them. It seemed that the only thing that got Rowlandson through captivity was her dependency on God, as she mentions Him numerous times and refers to her Bible as “my guide by day, and my pillow by night” (Rowlandson, 25). When she was in captivity by the Indians, she could tell they...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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