The European ways included Christianizing, English language literacy, abandoning their semi-nomadic way of life, adopted a system of settled agriculture, and developed a notion of private property. (Bailey, p. 280).
How did the Native American land and way of life come into jeopardy? It is simple, greed and "Manifest Destiny," the theory that America must expand to all reaches. Next, we will examine how and why the American society became compelled to herd the Native America's up like cattle and ship them to foreign lands. .
In 1609, the first permanent settlement was formed at Jamestown, Virginia. In the years to follow other settlements were also formed. When white's first arrived in America the natives helped them adapt to an uncivilized way of life by teaching them how to farm crops. In addition to this the natives were our trading partners. We commonly traded pots, blankets, metal arrowheads, and alcohol for furs and the Native Americans land. (Brinkley, p. 43) Europeans depended on the natives in order to make the settlements in the New World profitable. Eventually these settlements were not only trading posts but also actual settlements with women and children, and soon became small towns and even cities. This is when everything started to change. As more and more whites moved to the New World, more and more land was needed to support the colonization. In Virginia, Sir William Berkeley set up a treaty with the natives that installed boundaries in the territory. When these boundaries were broken by whites the natives attacked. Nathaniel Bacon worked up a militia and attacked the natives against Berkeley's orders. (Brinkley, p. 35) This little skirmish is known as Bacon's Rebellion and it set the tone for relations between the whites and the natives. Whites wanted to keep moving westward into the Native American's land and they would break agreements and set treaties to do so.