Abstract
This paper describes the differing beliefs and outlooks of the Native Americans versus the European Colonists in the early 1600s. This author evaluates their differing views on such topics as technology, religion, the environment, women's rights, and slavery. The paper gives an honest appraisal of both sides' views and prejudices about the other. The author concludes that these base differences between the two sets of peoples, the Europeans and the Native Americans, were what sparked the distrust held by both nations that endured for hundreds of years.

From the Paper
"The European colonists and the Native Americans of North American had very different views on nearly everything they encountered in their lives. Living in vastly different cultures lead both groups to generally have two extremely different outlooks on four main topics; religious beliefs, the environment, social relations, and slavery, differences which the colonists used this to their advantage when conquering the peoples of the New World."

Tags:prejudice, Native, Americans, Colonists, 1600's, technology, religion, environment, women's, rights, slavery, war

Abstract
The paper provides some background on the life of Samuel Adams and on the events that led up to the American Revolution. The paper discusses the document that Samuel Adams wrote, entitled "The Rights of the Colonists" that basically laid down all the rights that Samuel Adams believed that colonists were entitled to. The paper notes that this document played a very important role in America's freedom.

From the Paper
"Samuel Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts in September of 1722. He was a leader in the fight against British colonial rule, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Adams' father, who was a deacon of the church and successful brewer, played an important role in Boston politics. When Samuel had been a young man, the royal government had ruled the senior Adams' investments illegal. This ruined him financially and is thought to have been the cause of Samuel's animosity toward and opposition to colonial authority (Samuel Adams American Patriot & Politician, 2008).
"Adams was a very vocal opponent of several of the laws that had been passed by the British Parliament to raise revenue in the American Colonies. By the year 1773, Adams and his Boston associates had pressured England into rescinding all these measures but one, the Tea Act. The Tea Act allowed the British East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea to the colonies, and included a tax paid to the British crown. The opposition reached its peak on December 16, 1773 when a group of Bostonians dumped a British cargo of tea into Boston Harbor. This well known act of resistance is called the Boston Tea Party (Samuel Adams American Patriot & Politician, 2008)."

Tags:Stamp, Act, Boston, Tea, Party, American, Revolution

Abstract
This article looks at the meeting of the two different cultures of the Puritan colonists and the Native Americans. The writer states that in order to understand how the Indian tribes and the colonial settlers interacted, one firstly has to understand something about the basic differences of culture and attitudes between the two different groups. One of the most important facts with regard to Native American cultures, one which many people do not realize, is that there was no Indian national unity. Rather the Indian tribes were essentially separate and went their own way; with many differences in social customs and perceptions between the different tribes. The writer describes that this explains much of the confusion and misunderstanding that took place when the two cultures met. This is especially true when it comes to the reaction of the white settlers who often saw the Indian tribes as a unified threat against their existence.

From the Paper
"On the other hand there was a very different cultural perspective from the settler's point of view. The white colonists were used to thinking in terms of national and social unity. They therefore tended to assume that the Native Americans were a unified threat and were therefore suspicious of the Indian tribes. Therefore many Native Americans would encounter hostility and fear when they first met the colonists that would also create a sense of uncertainly and suspicion among the Indians.
A further aspect that would have influenced the relationships and contacts between the two groups was the idea of private property. Generally the Native Americans did not have a concept of private property, but rather believed in sharing what they had with others. The colonists, being unaware of this different attitude, would have been suspicious and would have feared that their property was in danger."

Tags:native, culture, Christian, religion

Abstract
This paper looks at the dominance of religion in the lives of early northern colonists of what would later become the United States of America. It focuses primarily on the migration of Puritans from England and the transfer of their cultural idiosyncrasies. It then charts the progression of religion from Puritanism to other forms of Christianity within this area.

From the Paper
"The Puritan exodus was typified by middle-class nuclear families, able to pay their own way and 'on a divine mission to create a model society committed to the proper worship of God. ' Many left England to escape the political unease and the imminent civil war and also religious persecution from the Anglican Church towards Puritans. Indeed 'religion was mentioned not merely as their leading purpose but as their only purpose' for leaving England and settling in New England. Those arriving on the shores of the 'Bible Commonwealth' of Massachusetts Bay from the 1630s had been refined from English society and were 'honest men...godly men...and not of the poorer sort.'"

Tags:christianity, church, connecticut, massachusetts, puritanism, quakers

Abstract
This short paper examines the societies in England and the American colonies in the period before the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It provides a brief examination from an historical and sociological perspective of the causes and the circumstances surrounding the conflict. It also cites specific legislation passed by the British Parliament as leading to the outbreak of hostilities known as the American War of Independence.

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"The British Empire had been expanding since the late 16th century, which brought much wealth to the country as well as "luxury" items such as sugar and coffee (from the East Indies), tea from India, and slaves from Africa. An agricultural revolution had started that was a precursor of the Industrial Revolution and urbanization. The increasing wealth had also widened the gap between the rich and the poor and the introduction of mechanized agriculture had forced many rural workers to the cities. The population of Britain reached 5.7 million by 1750 and this time it was sustained and poised to grow further by the greater food production made possible by the Agricultural Revolution. Although it was a time of upheaval throughout Europe, the British society remained relatively calm in part due to the increasing wealth and memories of its damaging Civil War in the 17th century. ("History of British Society," 2006)"

Tags:colonial, America, Revolutionary, War, England

From the Paper
"The first English colonists knew nothing but the English society and its fundamentals, but by the eighteenth century the colonists had developed their own, truly unique American identity. The inherent differences between England and North America played a part in this eventual separation. But nearing the close of the eighteenth century, the grievances of not only the radicals and the common people, but of the American equivalent of the aristocracy against the English were apparent. The forming of a truly American identity was a gradual process, but this identity was apparent as being separate from the English identity approaching the revolution.

Tags:american, colonies, history

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses that the colonial Americans were clearly a population in conflict with a multitude of conflicting populations as well as objects. The writer notes that the colonists were in conflict with the land, which they did not yet understand, as well as the native peoples of the land, which they had chosen to become at least their temporary home, in the name of European progress and wealth. The writer points out that the conflicts, of which there were many, with native Americans were frequently difficult and bloody and in fact marked one of the greatest obstacles associated with European dominance of the new found colonies. The neighbors having been provoked by bad behavior in the past, would likely see and treat the new colonists with the same regard, tentatively trading with them to gain goods they had become dependent upon but at the same time never letting down their guard to the potential for treachery. The writer concludes that the native populations and the colonists then were in a continual dance of shaking hands at full arms length, in need of each other but unwilling to come any closer.

From the Paper
"The colonists therefore resolved the conflict between themselves and natives, by placing the responsibility for collective communication upon the natives, and assuming all others, those who did not come to them first were in need of cajoling, either by means of warfare or dominance by dependence.
"Though in retrospect, some observers of the colonial experience, such as Raynol, recognized the error of assuming superiority over natives and removing them from the land with brute force and physical dominance was unethical at the very least, there is also a clear sense that this is retrospective and Raynol, did not have to live there. The pillage and plunder mentality and action, did not always succeed, though and there were clearly some who learned from the failings of others, in the conflict with the native populations."

Tags:colonists, superior, populations, dominance

Abstract
The paper discusses how the American colonies were reluctant revolutionaries as shown in the film, "Liberty! The American Revolution", in the first episode. The paper explains how American colonists believed that Britain was being unfair to them because they placed unfair taxes without representation, while the British believed that they were right because they had sent people to the colonies for the purpose of trading and making money. Both sides of the issues are discussed including why the American colonists were reluctant revolutionaries.

From the Paper
"The American colonies were reluctant revolutionaries as shown in the film, "Liberty! The American Revolution", in the first episode. American colonists believed that Britain was being unfair to them because they placed unfair taxes without representation. The British believed that they were right because they had sent people to the colonies for the purpose of trading and making money. Both sides of the issues are discussed including why the American colonists were reluctant revolutionaries."

Tags:colonists, britain, revolutionary

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This paper analyzes the conflicts between native Americans and colonists in terms of the moral legitimacy of warfare. The paper states that the end result of these conflicts are clear; it led to the deaths of thousands of native Americans and the eventual disappearance of the majority of the native American tribes within North America. The paper argues that the results were disastrous for the native Americans, however on further examination, it becomes evident that the Indian wars qualify as a just war.

From the Paper
"In order to determine the legitimacy of the Indian Wars, a context for understanding the agents of action within the war must be developed. The Indian Civil War occurred in parallel to the American Civil War. The conflict began in the wake of the French and Indian War. The British, after acquiring the significant amount of territory ceded by the French dictated that settlements were forbidden west of the Appalachian Mountains. This policy was made to ensure that conflicts between the Native Americans and colonists would not continue to persist. However, due to pressure from the colonists, the British negotiated a treaty with the Iroquois in 1768 to allow for colonial expansion beyond the Ohio River."

Tags:Indian, war, civil, war, territory, conflicts, colonist

Abstract
This paper shows that the colonists of America, in the early part of the 1760s, did not have a conscious plan of violence to break away from Britain. It shows that only due to Britain's increasing pressure on the colonists in the form of taxes and stifling economic acts, did the colonists eventually revolt in the late 1760s. The paper argues that the colonists might have chosen war in any case, but the British Parliament did have opportunities to at least try to avoid conflict.

From the Paper
"Had the British viewed the situation with wisdom, instead of imperialist arrogance, it is possible that they could have assuaged the colonists enough to prevent war, enough to continue to draw some revenue from the colonies, and enough to continue to draw British loyalty toward Britain from the colonists. Clearly, again, it would have required a willingness to compromise on the part of the British, a willingness reflected in the repeal of the Stamp Act. It would have also required a willingness on the part of the colonists to gradually achieve an increasing amount of political and economic freedom."

Tags:Revolutionary, War, Stamp, Act