Three completely different cultures clashed together and triggered the confusions all three worlds had against each other. All their misunderstandings then turned into a whole New World that still remains. Today, this New World is one of the main confinements for crimes. Religiously, the complexity of the unfamiliar Gods they believe existed had caused the big misconception. Socially, they were mystified with how different each society was handle and where they belonged in the society. Environmentally, they believed in two distinct ways to used nature in the most efficient way for them. The culture differences caused by the invasion of the Europeans into the worlds of the Africans and Native Americans still remains in this New World we call United States today.
Riots, murders, and discrimination is happening everyday in the United States due to religion. Religion, still a major problem we have today was one of the main differences the three worlds had faced. Europeans were monotheistic and had the religion most people of the United States h
ave today. They were Christians and wanted to convert any people into believing their God. Missionaries were built to convince the Africans and Native Americans into Christianity. Yet, both the Africans and Native Americans were polytheistic. Even with the same concept of multiple Gods their beliefs were entirely different. The Native Americans practiced a religion called animism and believed spirits exist in nature. On the other side, Africans believed in spirits not of the nature but in their ancestors. They worshiped their ancestors and were loyal to their family or tribe.
A dagger made by a Native American can be from any part of a tree, a rock and some vine to tight the whole thing together. Their belief in nature possessed with spirits made them show credence to the anything they owned. Considering everything being so sacred, they valued everything they had no matter how useless it might be to the Europeans and that makes them utilitarian. No matter how useless the Europeans might've thought rain was the Native American would praise to thank the G
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