1) Discuss the clash of cultures between the European and the Native Americans. ... The Native Americans outnumbered the colonists so why didn’t they drive the Europeans from the Atlantic coastline. ... 7) Present day America should give credit to the Native Americans for harvesting these foods, because these foods are in our diets. Long before Columbus arrived, America lived in the fantasies of Europeans. ... 13) When the Europeans arrived, they encountered a land of many opportunities, some in which they had to swipe out from under the Native Americans feet. The first European contacts with the New World began a diffusion of cultures, an exchange of severe magnitude and race, as humanity had never known before. ... 21) The Europeans were introduced to animals and creatures that they had never seen before. The only domesticated animals that the Europeans recognized were the dog and the duck. ... 22) On the other hand, the Native Americans had never seen horses, cattle, sheep, goats, or chickens. The diversion of plants and animals gave both the Europeans and the Indians added diversity to their diets. ... 79) The Europeans viewed natural resources as privately owned commodities to be sold for profit. ... 108) The Europeans adopted many Native American devices as well as parts of the Native American language. The one thing that the Europeans brought to the New World that the Indians could not adopt was illnesses. ... Major diseases such as smallpox and typhox killed the Native Americans rapidly causing them to die off. ... 79) The Europeans also coaxed the Indians into joining their sides against other Indian tribes. ... Also, they did not possess the knowledge and technology that the Europeans possessed. ... This was a big help to the Europeans because of the new crops that they were introduced to.
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