SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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The colonists settled on the Indians’ lands and hunting grounds, and some Indian villages were destroyed.
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Some colonists did not trade fairly with the Indians.
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Other colonists captured and sent Indians away to work as slaves in the West Indies.
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Many Indians died of European diseases.
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Detailed explanation-1: -But between 1622 and the late 19th century, a series of wars and skirmishes known as the Indian Wars took place between American-Indians and European settlers, mainly over land control.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yamasee War (1715–17) in the Province of South Carolina. Dummer’s War (1722–25) in northern New England and French Acadia (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) Pontiac’s War (1763–66) in the Great Lakes region. Lord Dunmore’s War (1774) in western Virginia (Kentucky and West Virginia)
Detailed explanation-3: -Starting in the 17th century, European settlers pushed Indigenous people off their land, with the backing of the colonial government and, later, the fledging United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -At Least 3, 000 Native Americans Died on the Trail of Tears-HISTORY.