Colonists and Native Americans

When colonists first settled in the New World, they discovered that there were many people (Native Americans/Indians) already living here and the Native Americans had no plans on giving into the colonists anytime soon. Attempts at establishing friendly relations failed between colonists and Indians in New England due to the harsh treatment of Indians, the differences in the distribution of land and the distribution of power.

Shortly after arriving in the New World, colonists discovered that they were going to starve to death and die if they didn’t find a way to make or get food. When the colonists realized that they weren’t going to make it, they tried to leave, but Lord De La Warr showed up and made them stay. Lord De La Warr then used “Irish tactics” on the Indians by raiding villages, burning houses, torching corn fields and stealing. This made the Indians very hostile towards the colonists because of how Lord De La Warr treated them. After the First Anglo-Powhatan War, the war was resolved by a peace settlement, but there was not peace; there was just tolerance towards each other. This was proven after there was two more Anglo-Powhatan Wars.

Upon arriving and realizing that there were already people in the New World, the colonists weren’t sure how to approach it. The colonists felt that the Indians should just leave their land because the colonists were superior. Treatment of the Indians by the colonists even succeeded to get some Native Americans to leave their land, and the colonists take over it. This is evident after the Second Anglo-Powhatan War when the Chesapeake Indians were banished from their ancestral lands. It is also implied that many Indians left their land to seek refuge in Pennsylvania because the Quakers were good to the Native Americans and treated them well because of their belief in peace. The tensions between the colonists and Native Americans over the distribution of land continued and caused much hostility between them.

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