Question

Choose one of the following discussion questions to comment on:

a.) In your opinion, did Europeans bring civilization to the Americas? Is the word "savage" a great description of Native Americans?

b.) Was European colonization of the Americas beneficial to the "Native" people?

c.)What factors caused misperceptions and misunderstanding between the Native Americans and Europeans?

Answer 1

1. Native Americans lived and protected America for thousands of years and they systematically developed a more sophisticated culture and political system that’s advanced than the Europeans for thousands of years. The word civilization refers to the ability of human beings to live in harmony by defining the life in the society that suits their own communities. However, when Europeans came to America, their sole aim was to loot the land and drive the Native people away because they considered themselves as superior race which was assessed only with their technological superiority and not the mental superiority in terms of harmony. However, history is written from the eyes of the winner which would mean that although there were many positive accounts of the white people, only the barbaric accounts such as Columbus was considered because discriminating and branding one as a beast made it easy for the Americans to hunt them down. Although the Native Americans accepted the white people for trade and settling, they were used to back stabbing as they did all around the world. So, in my opinion, the Native American civilization was far more superior than the Europeans.

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