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How Did Native Americans Shape The Colonies

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In the earlier years of settlement, there was violence that started at the lines of territories. Natives continued to fight back against the explorers to keep their lands. This made things more difficult for other settlers to come to the Natives lands and build colonies. Eventually, Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans had started to become more civilized and this started to shape the way for colonies. Native Americans than introduced the world of tobacco to the Europeans. The making of tobacco became a big trade. Spain was a vicious and barbaric thinking colony. They introduced a system called, “encomienda.” This was where Indian workers would be placed with mine and plantation owners and work for them and be taught about Christianity.

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