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**Theme: Colonial** **Topic:** Native American and Colonist relations **Free Response Question**: Analyze how the actions taken by BOTH American Indians and European colonist shaped those relationships in EACH of the following regions. Confine your answer to the 1600s.
 * New England
 * Chesapeake
 * Spanish Southwest
 * New York and New France

Introductory Paragraph **Setting:** In the 17th century, European peoples came to America in search of a better life, but found confrontation and problems with Native Americans who had already there. **Basis for Analysis**: In order to answer the question, the reasons for taking action and the understanding of both sides is crucial. **Partitions**: During this time period, each colony and the surrounding Native Americans had their own social, economic, and political strategies for dealing with their newfound neighbors. **Thesis: While initially many colonies and Indians worked together, their ignorance of eachother eventually led them to disharmony.** Outside Knowledge (OK) for each Partition: delete these instructions after you have read them. 
 * 3-4 pieces of evidence
 * Define the most significant events, controversies, agreements
 * Specific details, concisely stated

<span style="background-color: #e1ff00; color: #ff4700; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">**Partition 1:** Social Chesapeake- Indians initial help in Jamestown; colonists did not try to adopt Indians into their society, rather move them away. New England- Praying towns made to try to convert Indians to christianity, initial help of Indians, colonists forbade Indian traditions in their colonies, very little mixing through marriage between colonists and Indians Spanish Southwest- Spaniards brought tremendous amount of sickness, initial help of indians, Spanish made biggest attempt to adopt Indians into their culture but suppressed Indian culture, many christian missionaries. New York/ New France- Indians traded with both but established big fur trade with French, bot New York and New French colonies sided with different Indian groups, intermarriage between colonists and native americans

<span style="background-color: #808000; color: #e1ff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**Partition 2:** Political Chesapeake- Bacon's Rebellion, Powhatan wars, headright system took land from Indians, Indians also got land taken away for tobacco farms, Indians forced to sign treaty of 1677 making them swear loyalty to England. New England- Anne Hutchinson killed by Indians, Metacom's War, many Indian tribes turned on Phillip Spanish Southwest- Division among pueblos, brutal killing of Indians by Spanish New York/ New France- developed strong fur trade and native americans showed them how to live on the land

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">** Partition 3: ** Economic Chesapeake- Headright system allowed English to take land from Indians, Indians showed colonists how to farm tobacco which became staple crop for that region, colonists showed Indians tools and weapons brought over from Europe New England- colonists took land for lumber and other profitable gains, Indians benefitted from european technology. Spanish Southwest- Vast forced labor on Indians by Spanish- New York/ New France- battles between French, Dutch and English established over fur trade which Indians profited very much, Indians helped by European Technology.

<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 23px; text-align: left;">General Information: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">No common Indian Language <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Death and Disease brought by colonists <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Reasons for colonists coming to Americas (escape persecution, gold, new life) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Manifest Destiny <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">