Unit 1: LAQ Essay

Submitted By amandamnazco
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European people came to America in search of a better life, but encountered many problems with the Native Americans. Due to their different interest in religion, government and many other things. American Indians and the New England Colonists ended in many arguments, the Indians and the Spanish Southwest was violent and hateful. The first colonists settled in Plymouth Rock, they did not mean to end up over there. Their original goal was to end up in Virginia but obviously did not succeed.
Finally reaching land, almost half of the colonists had been wiped out during the brutal voyage. They had encountered Indians living on the land and learned how to survive growing and fertilizing corn, fishing and other things. AS more and more Europeans began to learn these simple tasks, they became successful farmers and traded with them for other goods that the Indians had. After years of being humble the English over heard from a faithful Indian man that they were planning to attack. He was eventually killed because he betrayed his people. Starting that the English hung three Indians and then began the King Philips War. Wiping out almost half of the Indian population in New England.
Spain was the most powerful monarch in Europe and the Americas. After enslaving many people, in the Caribbean and the southern parts of America to search for gold, silver, and grow crops. They eventually moved to North America in the areas near Florida to concentrate their efforts on new places.