After considering the social, economic, and cultural events shaping Europe throughout the 16th and early 17th century it is easy to understand the advent of Colonialism. The parallel question is what was the environment like in North America? More specifically, the region that would become New England. What were the experiences of the native people already here? What was their initial reaction to the European arrival? How did they perceive the cross cultural interaction? Were they unified in their response? Did they see advantages or dangers? How did the environmental, social, and religious structure affect their response? In this episode, we'll begin to examine the native positions as they encountered the newcomers... the process may well leave you questioning how the Europeans were ever able to get a foothold, let alone take over... This is not only the parallel to our last episode but the launchpad to the development of English colonization in New England.

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