themes of the colonial period

As all new colonies began to develop throughout America they all ran into obstacles and conflicts they had to overcome to be successful. There are many different themes that occur throughout the colonies as they start to grow. Land Disputes, Exploitation from colonist to colonist as well as colonist to Native, and conflict are three main themes the colonial periods ran into. When the English showed up and planned to make a colony that was successful they were approaching land that was already taken by Natives. Neither the Natives nor the English were interested in sharing their land. They fought over land very often, this fighting led to the exploitation between the colonists and Natives. Most Natives were alcoholics; the colonists took advantage of this by getting them drunk and tricking them into selling their land for less than it was worth. When the colonists first came to the land, they were oblivious to the facts on how to survive. The Natives helped them very much, showing them how to hunt and build and fight. Once the English were stronger or the same strength of the Natives they took advantage of it, by fighting with them for land. The Natives got their own ideas and tactics on how to live used against them. Conflict is one other theme that happened throughout the colonial period. No matter what new colony or who it was there was constant conflict going on. From religious freedom and power to land and money, there was constantly conflict going on during the colonial period. Those are three of many themes that occurred during this time period.

When the colonists arrived they became unwilling participants in being taken captive by the Natives, which is a tradition that is ongoing throughout the Native Americans. The theme of this is fear, there was always a constant fear of being attacked. Therefore the Natives would follow their tradition of taking captivity of the colonists.

I think the activity in the computer lab when we had a class discussion on Twitter is a much more affective way to learn than a regular class discussion because it gives everyone a chance to say something. I feel like I learned and understood more by doing this because I had time to think and write out what I wanted to say and reflect on what others were saying. I think we should try and do these type of class discussions often.