The Struggle for Dominance

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The paper discusses how the Native-American Indians and the colonists of the Jamestown settlement both saw each other as inferior and both groups thought that they should be the controlling power. The paper then describes the disease and starvation that killed many and relates that the struggles for power and dominance also led to conflicts that ended in death. The paper then reveals that when disease and starvation struck the settlement, the colonists had no other choice but to depend upon the Indians for survival, and therefore, these two groups had to make peace.

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"In 1606, the Virginia Company with a land grant issued by King James I of England established a colony called Jamestown. When disease and famine started to destroy the new colony, the settlers had no other choice but to rely on the Indians as a source of food. The Indians and the colonists saw each other as inferior. This idea of inferiority led to the struggle between the two groups to establish themselves as the dominant power in the land. The relationship between the Jamestown settlers and the Indians brought positive and negative effects, such as dominance, death, and dependence."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Roark, James L., Michael P. Johnson, Patricia Cohen, Sarah Stage, Alan Lawson, Susan M. Hartmann. The American Promise: A Compact History, Vol. 1. New York: Bedford/ St. Martin's Press, 2007.
• Young, Ralph. "Powhatan's Speech to John Smith." In Dissent in America, Vol. 1, 31-32. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2005.

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