Essay
Colonization and Settlement, 1585–1763
American colonial history belongs to what scholars call the early modern period. As such, it is part of a bridge between markedly different eras in the history of the western world...
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Democracy in Early America: Servitude and the Treatment of Native Americans and Africans prior to 1740
Essential Questions
How did the explorers and later the colonists who came to the New World for “Gold, Glory and/or God” justify their treatment of Native Americans, African slaves, and indentured servants?
Were there discrepancies between agreed-upon political ideals and the treatment of these minority groups?
Background
The nations that explored and colonized North and South America during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries used a variety of approaches for subjugating Native...