The Impact of Trade Between Indigenous People and Europeans During the Colonial Period

The arrival of new peoples and cultures in any area can elicit a wide variety of responses and treatments of specific Indigenous Peoples. In the history of colonial settlement and conquest, how did the invasion of a land inhabited by preexisting peoples develop into significant cultural and lifeway changes? Please consider some of the following concepts: forced socioeconomic and Indigenous lifeway changes involving lands, treaties, housing, weaponry, warfare, food sources, waterways, medicines, travel, societal traditions, customs, rituals, and religious belief systems. You will select primary sources and construct a paper by organizing the information in these sources into themes. The end product will be a unique piece of research that reflects the myriad ways in which these apparently opposing groups influenced and shaped each other’s new sense of civilization in the New World. Please review the Additional Final Project Resources section in Modules One and Seven. Please use these resources while working on your final project.
Develop a research paper analyzing primary documents concerning the relationships between Europeans and Native Americans. The research paper will include the following sections: