The relationship between the Native Americans and the settlers at Jamestown was a mixed one. When the settlers first arrived, the Native Americans weren’t happy. They had a previous experience with the Spanish that was negative. Thus, they attacked the settlers when they first arrived.
However, the relationship eventually improved. The Native Americans offered the settlers food, and they were hospitable toward them. There was some trade between the settlers and the Native Americans.
Eventually,...
The relationship between the Native Americans and the settlers at Jamestown was a mixed one. When the settlers first arrived, the Native Americans weren’t happy. They had a previous experience with the Spanish that was negative. Thus, they attacked the settlers when they first arrived.
However, the relationship eventually improved. The Native Americans offered the settlers food, and they were hospitable toward them. There was some trade between the settlers and the Native Americans.
Eventually, the Native Americans began to believe that the English were no different than the Spanish. There were times when the English forcibly took food from the Native Americans when they couldn’t reach a trade agreement with them. The Native Americans also realized that the settlers intended to stay and generally wouldn’t marry the Native American women. The settlers also weren’t as hospitable toward the Native Americans as the Native Americans were toward them. As a result, the Native Americans began attacking the settlers again. They destroyed their crops and livestock. The settlers responded with attacks against the Native Americans. As the settlement expanded, the people began to take more land from the Native Americans. This also created more bad feelings between the sides. As a result, there generally was a hostile relationship between the Native Americans and the settlers.
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