The peopling of North America by multicultural force of Europeans is the topic of a new book called "The Barbarous Years by Bernard Bailyn.
He covers the profit driven early expansion into North America by people and business interests funded by investors in England. The conflict between Natives and colonial subjects is covered with the best in informative chapters dealing with the James River expansion and wars in Birgiania and the early English,Dutch, and Indian battles near Manhattan. This is an excellent book written by a great writer who has researched I. Detail many of these early conflicts and reasoning for settlers leaving England for religious and economic freedoms and opportunities. The fact that these opportunities came at the expense and culture of Indians is a well known story but more is known about Western Indian displacement than the original Indian displacement out East. This book is a great research and examination of the causes why so many people left for America. This book looks at all the major leaders and players for multiplying this process of forming a new nation out of these various colonies as the theme of this book is basically European ethnicity and melting pot merging into a single peoples for a common defense and plan of economic expansion against those that would resist. Bernard studies where these original settlers came from in England as to get some sense of the reasoning why so many would come to a new land that was so hostile and difficult to survive. In addition to the Indians early colonists had to deal with an intolerant climate which was a far cry from the paradise that was often promoted by those with economic interests getting people to move to America to exploit their labor once they arrived. Slavery from Africa would soon be added to this ethnic mix as word got around in England that the North American colonies was no land of milk and honey. A very awesome history book that looks at all sides of early colonial conflicts.
He covers the profit driven early expansion into North America by people and business interests funded by investors in England. The conflict between Natives and colonial subjects is covered with the best in informative chapters dealing with the James River expansion and wars in Birgiania and the early English,Dutch, and Indian battles near Manhattan. This is an excellent book written by a great writer who has researched I. Detail many of these early conflicts and reasoning for settlers leaving England for religious and economic freedoms and opportunities. The fact that these opportunities came at the expense and culture of Indians is a well known story but more is known about Western Indian displacement than the original Indian displacement out East. This book is a great research and examination of the causes why so many people left for America. This book looks at all the major leaders and players for multiplying this process of forming a new nation out of these various colonies as the theme of this book is basically European ethnicity and melting pot merging into a single peoples for a common defense and plan of economic expansion against those that would resist. Bernard studies where these original settlers came from in England as to get some sense of the reasoning why so many would come to a new land that was so hostile and difficult to survive. In addition to the Indians early colonists had to deal with an intolerant climate which was a far cry from the paradise that was often promoted by those with economic interests getting people to move to America to exploit their labor once they arrived. Slavery from Africa would soon be added to this ethnic mix as word got around in England that the North American colonies was no land of milk and honey. A very awesome history book that looks at all sides of early colonial conflicts.
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