Based on the material from the film, the competition for land becomes an important factor in the animosity between whites and Native people. Subsequently, the images of native people in the public changed over time as that competition increased. In 1781 when Thomas Jefferson wrote Notes of Virginia, slavery was so rampant that many American believed that it was the natural place for black people. However, in Notes of Virginia, Jefferson described how Native American’s by nature were brave warriors who instinctually protected their land and were a free group of people. Thomas Jefferson believed that Native American was not that different from Europeans Americans. This belief mirrored the original perception of Native Americans, which was that they were white, but that the sun had darkened their skin. Furthermore. “European enlightened thinkers, who held that a change in environment, as well as education, could change individuals for the better, influenced Jefferson his peer’s opinions on Native Americans. Thomas Jefferson believed that culture, not race was the reason for Native Americans behavior. However, unlike Jefferson, Individuals who had come in contact with Native American, most often had an adverse opinion of Native Americas. These individuals saw Native Americans as savages that needed to be exiled or killed, due to the perception that they were destroyers of peace and savage Less than a decade after the independence wars, tribes such as Kickapoo, Miami, and the Shawnee fought against European occupation, and the understandable struggle for freedom and land, stability of the young nation.
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In order to avoid war, the united states decided to “civilize the Native American. This civilization of the Native Americans was done so by theChristian Religion, and by changing the Native Americans from hunters to farmers. This also was done so in the hopes that by teaching the native Americans about agriculture, that they could be confined to a small area, which would allow for the settlers to have control of a large area of land, which would be open to whites. When the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, in 1803, the United States more than doubled in size. Moreover, Thomas Jefferson thought that by expanding westwards that United States independence could be maintained. However, this would cause much future difficulties and cruelty, as Native Americans inhabited the land. When the Louisiana Purchase took place many groups of Native Americans still held large groups of land throughout the United space. Since the land was associated with wealth especially in the South, Native Americans were under constant pressure to sell their land. One tribe of Native Americans who gave in the Europeans policy to “civilize” them was the Cherokee, which started in the 1790s. The Cherokees are often seen as a positive outcome of the civilization policy, as they changed their culture at surface level quickly, in response to the civilization policy. The Native American children were taught in Mission run schools in Christianity, and the development of the Cherokee alphabet took place. Furthermore, they developed a constitution and government based off of the United State’s. The native Cherokees did not want to get along with White people and give up their history; they assimilated to survive in peace. The Cherokees forced assimilation resulted in them becoming more and more wealthy, among the south. During this time after the Revolutionary War, the government was changing, and the result was a need for the government to earn approval from a larger group of American than prior to the war mentioned above. One primary objective was for less wealthy white Americans to gain land so that they could become more affluent. The vast majority of whites as an extension of democracy viewed this, by including more People in American democracy. However, the Native Americans saw it as a gradual pull from the whites to take away the property of the Native Americans. Moreover, from the Indian point of view was the gradual empowerment of the white population, which would like to take what they had. Additionally, was seen when more whites came to Georgia, which, resulted in a lottery, which took the land from the Native Americans and gave it to the whites lottery
In order to avoid war, the united states decided to “civilize the Native American. This civilization of the Native Americans was done so by theChristian Religion, and by changing the Native Americans from hunters to farmers. This also was done so in the hopes that by teaching the native Americans about agriculture, that they could be confined to a small area, which would allow for the settlers to have control of a large area of land, which would be open to whites. When the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, in 1803, the United States more than doubled in size. Moreover, Thomas Jefferson thought that by expanding westwards that United States independence could be maintained. However, this would cause much future difficulties and cruelty, as Native Americans inhabited the land. When the Louisiana Purchase took place many groups of Native Americans still held large groups of land throughout the United space. Since the land was associated with wealth especially in the South, Native Americans were under constant pressure to sell their land. One tribe of Native Americans who gave in the Europeans policy to “civilize” them was the Cherokee, which started in the 1790s. The Cherokees are often seen as a positive outcome of the civilization policy, as they changed their culture at surface level quickly, in response to the civilization policy. The Native American children were taught in Mission run schools in Christianity, and the development of the Cherokee alphabet took place. Furthermore, they developed a constitution and government based off of the United State’s. The native Cherokees did not want to get along with White people and give up their history; they assimilated to survive in peace. The Cherokees forced assimilation resulted in them becoming more and more wealthy, among the south. During this time after the Revolutionary War, the government was changing, and the result was a need for the government to earn approval from a larger group of American than prior to the war mentioned above. One primary objective was for less wealthy white Americans to gain land so that they could become more affluent. The vast majority of whites as an extension of democracy viewed this, by including more People in American democracy. However, the Native Americans saw it as a gradual pull from the whites to take away the property of the Native Americans. Moreover, from the Indian point of view was the gradual empowerment of the white population, which would like to take what they had. Additionally, was seen when more whites came to Georgia, which, resulted in a lottery, which took the land from the Native Americans and gave it to the whites lottery