Starting in the early 1600’s, settling in other places became a way of living. There were different reasons including searching for gold and wealth, resources, and implanting religion for these settlements. It started to become more common after the first settlement at Jamestown in 1607. The settlements are now exposed as intrusions and show the unfair and unjust treatment of the people the land was stolen from. Reading these documents showed insight on the ways settlers invaded into properties and made it their own home at the cost of the Native Americans. A great deal of Native Americans were hurt and murdered in the process of these settlements. The two main settlements focused on are the settlements at Massachusetts Bay and Jamestown. The goals of these settlements differed because the pilgrims were looking for precious metals and sources of wealth when entering Jamestown but arrived at Massachusetts Bay in hopes of spreading their religion. Unlike their reasoning for exploring and settling, their methods were very …show more content…
Just like stated by John Smith, “The mildnesse of the ayre, the fertilitie of the soyle, and situation of the rivers are so propitious to the nature and use of man, as no place is more convenient for pleasure, profit, and man’s sustenance, under that latitude or climat.” (Hewitt, Lawson 2017, 6). I believe they went in with the mindset that they would go and conquer these lands and get what they came for without any distractions. I think when first coming to Massachusetts Bay or Jamestown and seeing the Native Americans was a huge setback. They knew it'd be harder for them to get their resources while other people were already settled there; which is why they started to torture and use the Native Americans. Using the Native Americans was also a way to cope with not having the skills they thought they had to find their resources or spread their