What was the relationship between the Spanish and the Natives?
The Spanish attitude toward the Indians was that they saw themselves as guardians of the Indians basic rights. The Spanish goal was for the peaceful submission of the Indians. The laws of Spain controlled the conduct of soldiers during wars, even when the tribes were hostile.
How did the English treat the Native Americans?
The English treated the Natives as inferior, believed they stood in the way of their God-given right to the land in America and tried to subject the Natives to their laws as they established their colonies.
How did the French interact with Natives?
France saw Indigenous nations as allies, and relied on them for survival and fur trade wealth. Indigenous people traded for European goods, established military alliances and hostilities, intermarried, sometimes converted to Christianity, and participated politically in the governance of New France.
How did the Dutch treat the Natives in the New World?
Regarding the Indians, the Dutch generally followed a policy of live and let live: they did not force assimilation or religious conversion on the Indians. Both in Europe and in North America, the Dutch had little interest in forcing conformity on religious, political, and racial minorities.
What did the natives think of the Spanish?
The Natives came to believe that the Spanish “had not their Mission from Heaven” because the Spanish so cruelly treated the Indians. The Indians saw them as evil.
Why did the Spanish cut the hands off of the natives?
The Conquistadores would set quotas of how much gold each Indian had to bring and if these were not met their hands would be cut off in order to “teach” the rest a lesson. Another method used by the Conquistadores to get gold would be to burn people’s feet. In either case people would be tortured to death for gold.
Which natives allied with the French?
The Delawares and Shawnees became France’s most important allies. Shawnees and Delawares, originally “dependents” of the Iroquois, had migrated from Pennsylvania to the upper Ohio Valley during the second quarter of the 18th century as did numerous Indian peoples from other areas.
What was the main reason the Native Americans had a better relationship with the French than the British?
French missionaries converted many Native Americans to Catholicism but let them maintain their own culture. In conclusion, for these reasons the French had a better relationship with Native Americans than the British, and thus more Indian allies.