The English and the Wampanoag were very different in both cultural and societal values. The English came to the New World with one goal: to escape persecution from the Church of England, because they believed that the Church needed to be purified. After moving around, from England to Holland, and finally Holland to the New World, they were able to achieve their goal of settling down and did not have the fear of being persecuted. But here in the New World, they met new people, people who seemed almost barbaric to them. These people didn't wear clothes, spoke different languages, and practiced customs completely unlike theirs. Yet, these pilgrims and the Indians living there formed a mutually beneficial partnership and helped each other to survive. In my opinion, the English and the Wampanoag differed because the English were more polished, but also could stop at nothing to get what they wanted. .
When the English arrived in the New World, they neither tried to make allies nor enemies. They kept to themselves, and hardly associated with the Indians living in the area. When the Indians did come to the English settlement, Edward Winslow presented Massasoit and his brother with knives, chains, and food and made an effort to come to a peace agreement with the Wampanoag. On the other hand, when the Pilgrims first came on to the Indians' land, the Indians' first impulse was to curse them and drive them off of their land. In addition, when the Pilgrims made a journey to Massasoit's village, the Pilgrims were not given food and when they had to sleep, they were made to sleep on the ground with all the bugs. Not only that, but they could not sleep due to the fact that the tribe sung themselves to sleep. This shows a difference in societal attitudes between the English and the Wampanoag, because the English showed them more hospitality, whereas the Wampanoag expected the English to fend for themselves.
