British effects on native americans
As the discovery of the “New World” progressed, large numbers of white men and women migrated to the North American continent, and profoundly altered Native American’s lives culturally and economically. Wherever they lived Indians discovered that conquest strained traditional ways of life. Mostly all Native American groups were forced to devise new ways to survive in physical and social atmospheres that eventually eroded tradition One of the leading pioneers for exploration of the “New World” was the British. As they migrated onto the North American continent, the British brought along with them an ethnocentric attitude. Which meant from the beginning they thought of the Native Americans as lesser people and that their culture, and way of conducting their economy was wrong. With this attitude, the British tried to “civilize” the Indians by making them dress like colonists, and force them to ac-cept Christianity. These forced changes were a steppin
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Approximate Word count = 649
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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