Major Problems In US to 18 Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 1 synopsis and response Although many people believe that the Americas were discovered by Christopher Columbus, there were many people here before his arrival. These people were native Indian tribes such as the Aztecs and the Anasazi. These native people were very civilized. When the Europeans did arrive the interactions between them and the Indians were very difficult. They were very different people. They had different religion, appearances, work roles between men and women, notions …

…interesting was the value of trade. The Europeans like today expected to value of a trade to be equal. The Native Americans did not care about the “dollar” worth they wanted to gain respect through trade. They wanted to gain respect over fairness. This led to much gift giving and many favors. The Europeans like today’s society wanted to gain fair value and did not care about the other human they were trading with.