Ap World History Dbq Colonists

The document “Colonists Encroach on the Stanwix Line”, records a speech made by a Native American, John Killbuck to the governors of three separate English Colonies. He tells of the English and other European Settlers invading Naive American lands base on their own greed and compete against one another. The English haven’t always agreed on bringing about peaceful compromises on the lands they and other European Nations have conquered, instead, wars erupted and whoever were the victors reaped all the rewards, land that consisted of Native American tribes. The Native had tried to make a peaceful compromise of a land dispute by setting a boundary between Native American tribes and the English Colonies. However, with the increase of Europeans flooding

War and Tension From the readings we find that there were many causes of tension and aspects during and after the French and Indian War. Many things built up over time and there was a general sense of tension between all of the empires. This only continued through the years with numerous wars between English, French, and Natives. These all led to the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and led America one step closer to the American Revolution. Our readings for this week show different aspects of one story and help create a narrative of the issues occurring and the outcomes of the tensions of America at the time.

The war between the Indians and the english stemmed over land. The Indians, had no problems with welcoming the settlers on to their land. Their issue was they had no knowledge the settlers were keeping their land. Also, there were other issues between them which involved religion.

in document 2 it talks about the Indian removal act. Indians were to be moved in west of Mississippi river and asked Indians to exchange land to land in west . This explains that Indian had no option they had to give up their land and move west where the lands weren't the best as they had before. in document 8, it talks about how the white man treated the Indians. The white man possesses the whole vast country from sea to sea , lives where they like, and proudly call America, which not very long ago belonged to red man.

It opened the path for many court cases to reserve space for the Native Americans and created a tension between the Native Americans who did

Leadership of the Iroquois Indians did not allow their people to take sides because of fear its devastation and loss it would bring. Warriors form the tribe would choose their owns sides which couldn't be controlled. The Iroquois did make treaties with the British for food and possessions . The Iroquois Indians used their relationship with the crown for su believed that because of their loyalty to the crown, their land would stay in their possession. A large majority sided with the British crown and fought side-by-side with them in the revolution and also raids that were talked about earlier in this

“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness”, these words by John Locke shaped the 19th century and beyond and became the key principles to many societies. The colonist battle for freedom against the British during the American Revolution became a global rallying cry for liberty and independence which made a global connection both ideologically and economically. 1776 was the beginning of oppressed people all around the world to stand up and stop what they know is wrong. The beginning of the colonist revolt was a written document written through a magazine article called the “Copy of the Association”.

The Proclamation is one to the circumstances that created an American identity because for the first time the thirteen colonies had something in common. It was the major cause for the American Revolution. At conclusion of the French and Indian War, terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1763, left Great Britain in control of a vast new empire in North America. Most of the inhabitants of the newly acquired lands were hostile Natives, intent on maintaining what was theirs King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763, on October 7th, drew an imaginary line along the Appalachians Mountains that prohibited colonists from expanding beyond Appalachians Mountains which means colonists could not cross west of the line, and those already settled support to move.

The boiling pot steamed as Great Britain passed laws and legislations between the years of 1763 and 1775 to regulate trade and taxes. Britain brought fourth these acts to put the colonies under direct rule. The rules enacted in those twelve years, were all passed by Parliament under the reign of King George lll. The Proclamation of 1763, Intolerable Act and The Stamp Act were three legislations in an act to assert authority into the thirteen colonies. The Proclamation of 1763 was put into place at the end of French and Indian War, the British Empire began to tauten control over its colonies.

The government wanted control over the lands the Native American’s occupied. Life for the Indians changed and the freedom they once had no longer existed. The Indians were forced off their land and it was given to white settlers. The Indian population started to decrease

Natives in the American Revolution.    In 1776, A revolutionary battle took place in order to protect Indian lands from colonists that were trying to steal Indian lands. In this colonial battle, not only white people who lived between India's prior the American war, revolution were involved, but also British people. Furthermore, both the British people and white people tried to gain India's tribes so they would have more advantages in winning the battle.

Even if the Indians used their land differently from the Europeans they will possessed it by right of first occupancy and by the right of the ecological changes they had wrought in it. Few of the Europeans were willing to recognize that the ways Indians occupied New England ecosystems were as legitimate as the ways Europeans

The land that were not taken through the Indian wars and perplexing deeds of sale which were unfair for the Native Americans were coveted by the

Natives tried to resist and defend their land, but the white’s weapons were too advanced. The idea of selling land was misunderstood because of language differences. As settler with Christian ideologies expanded, Native culture became an issue. Different laws were passed by several presidents stating, that Indians should be removed. With all the power of a president, Andrew Jackson signed into law

‘What worried the states men in the mother country was the likelihood that, if Virginians had occupied Kentucky, Indians would attack them, and the British might have to come and rescue at great cost to the imperial treasury” (5) The 1758 Treaty of Easton, which gave the Indians all the land west of the Appalachian, did not help their cause. Holton alludes to many other instances where the colonists wanted to expand but was consistently overlooked by the imperial government. The Indians caused the British to fear another war. Essentially, Holton makes it seem like the British were more on the side of the Indians then they were for their own colonists.