The discovery of America in 15th century opened a new chapter in human history. It was the time where people of the two worlds, the Old and the New, met each other. As a result, wave after wave of emigrants from Europe to Americas. They were colonists who sought profit on the new land, or a new home because of oppression in their country. Those settlers brought with them their cultures which were different significantly from the Native Americans. Their differences through language, religion, custom to land use, not to mention the occupation of the white men. If so, can war be avoided? According to Professor Kevin Kenny, the author of “Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn’s Holy Experiment”, the answer…show more content… His utopian world seemed ambitious, but it helped keep Pennsylvania from going to war until the 1750s and created a harmony between Indians and Christians for a period of time as Kenny points out (Text p.g 179). However, it lasted only in his lifetime, as stated in Kenny’s article, “William Penn’s holy experiment, already in decline by the time of his death in 1718 … By the end of 1763, with the annihilation of the Conestoga Indians, what was left of the Peaceable Kingdom had broken down entirely.” (Text pg. 179). Prior to its collapsing in 1763, the Peaceable Kingdome had lasted for eighty years as noted by Kenny, then why did it fail? Religion, the most controversial subject in our history; it has played a vital role as the cause of numerous wars, and in this case, it isn’t an exception. It was the first as well as the main factor that caused the fall…show more content… If the Peaceable Kingdom, which was built on Penn’s “humane benevolence” (Text, p.179), collapsed, then peace between Indians and Europeans was merely a dream. It was true that there was a period where the Indians and the Europeans lived peacefully together, but it didn’t last long. Mainly because of the differences between them were too large to resolve. For instance, the alliance between Susquehannocks and Captain Claiborne was a significant mark in history, however, it didn’t change the way the Europeans looked at the Native Americans. Europeans still perceived Indians as barbaric, and Indians saw the Europeans as conquers who brought death to their people. As Zandy admits, “Susquehannock-Claiborne alliance is a clear example of the fact that it took actual North American experience and knowledge for Europeans to fully understand the necessity of allying with powerful Indian nations or at least to gain a more realistic appreciation of which Indian nations were the most powerful.” (Text
