During the sixteenth century, England had only started to learn more about colonization, the profits that can be made and the consequences that would come hand to hand. England did not pursue completely the benefits of colonization until after their experience in colonization in Ireland. The English defeated and subdued the natives of Ireland and established the settlement, Munster, on the southwest part of Ireland. The establishment expanded England's market and caused an significant growth in the economy. It was, then, when England learned a valuable lesson about colonization that settlements could be made profitable even if they needed military forces to subdue the natives of the land. That the native, in due time, could integrate into the commercial system of England. Two documents helps further understand the position of England after the colonization of Ireland; Exchange between John Smith and Powhatan, and Sending Woman to Virginia.
In the first document, Exchange between John Smith and Powhatan, the relationship between the English settlers and the Indians that occupied surrounding regions of the English settlement, Jamestown, have been strained by numerous attacks from the Indians and the harsh environment which the settlers had to endure. In 1608, a year after the establishment of the English settlement, Captain John Smith was met with the paramount chief, Powhatan, and an exchange of the difference of cultural views was discussed. The record of the exchange was written by Captain John Smith years after its occurrence. The record of the exchange may be somewhat bias toward the Powhatan Indian tribes in favor of the English, so the exchange may have altered over the course of time and point of view of the writer.
Powhatan, the paramount chief expressed his discourse with Captain John Smith, explaining that he knows the difference between peace and war. Powhatan also explains that though the mutual friendship was made with the English by trades of food for metal and other foreign tools, Powhatan sense that the English would not stop invading his country and attacking his people even after providing baskets of corn to the settlers and their King.
