For a nation that was founded on the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of property, or happiness, the United States was unjustified in their cruel treatment of American Indian people. ... Upon seeing the natives' way of life and culture, Westerners viewed them as savages and barbarians, the, "others," (Staszak). ... Governor Sir Thomas Dale introduced a policy that would give three acres of land to settlers, which, according to Morgan, was the start of the capitalist system in English America, ultimately resulting in the annihilation of American Indian tribes on the East ...

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