EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS: II II. The Puritans and the Hunter-Gatherer Tribes of New England A. Cultural Dissonance: The “Saints” Meet the “Noble Savages” 1. Puritan Values: Predestination and the Work Ethic 2. Native American Values: Animism and Autonomy B. “Reduce Them to Civility:” Failed Puritan Policy on Native Americans 1. Get Them in One Place: European Style Agriculture 2. Make the Men into Men and the Women into Women: The Plow3. Save Their Souls: Praying Towns C. Trade and “Captive Conversion:” A More Successful Policy? 1. The Fur Trade and the Desire for European Goods 2. “Captive Conversion” and “White Indians” D. The Final Solution: War and GenocideTerms: Predestination: Animism: Noble Savage: Plow: Praying Towns: White
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