Thursday, August 5, 2010

Mayflower Question

4. The original pilgrims' complex relationship with the indians depended a lot on their early reliance on the tribes for survival. Free of this dependence, the second generation were not as respectful. They undid so much of what their parents worked for by taking on an heir of undeserved superiority. Two other things that lead to King Phillip's war, and the end of peace between the pilgrims and indians, were massive purchase of indian land by the settlers and the unfair trial regarding the man's dead body that was thrown in the frozen lake. I think the peace could've continued, had the second generation pilgrims been acted a little more humbly towards their indian neighbors.

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