1. The Oppression of American Indians
The English landed in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, without knowing that they had arrived at one of most populated Indian communities on the East coast. ... 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 coast, (Morgan 119). ... When the Indians attempted to fight back and rid themselves of the English occupier, it gave settlers a reason to go after the Indians. ... As the English col...
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