Native Americans During The Colonial Era - 1477 Words

Imagine a person bought something that the person valued. The person was the owner of the product and took good care of it.Then, all of a sudden, a stranger comes and takes that product and declares it â€Å"discovered†. Now since the stranger â€Å"discovered† it, the product now has to be shared among them. This is similar to what happened to Native Americans in North America. Native Americans owned and lived in North America for several thousand years. Then, all of a sudden, European explorers came to North America and claimed the land â€Å"discovered†. Europeans started moving into the land and later, started sharing the land. Encounters between Europeans and Native Americans in the colonial era led to the exchange of diseases with Native Americans,†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"The new world had an extraordinary richness of languages†(Native peoples prior to European arrival).In the fifteenth century, people in Europe began to explore west to s eek new lands and resources because of economic problems.The Europeans came to America to look for gold and silver, but the trip would be difficult and dangerous because there were no maps and not much knowledge on how to get there.Prince Henrey took the challenge to make it possible for others to sail to the Americas without any knowledge on how to get there.He created a place where people who were interested could share their knowledge about geography.People learned about maps and navigation.Then, Henrys sailors finally decided to lead others to go west where eventually Jamestown would be created.In 1606, King James told the three royal charters to create a comfortable colony on the east coast.The English worried about being attacked from the Spanish so they chose almost an island where they parked their ships by tying them to the trees available.To honor the king, they named the place Jamestown(Culters at Jamestown). 20 African Americans went with the Europeans who landed at Ja mestown,Virginia,in1619.Those people were indentured servants according to the contract which said that they were free to enjoy the privileges. â€Å"It is estimated that fifteen percent of those who were shipped to