What is the name of the conflict between European, American and Canadian governments and various American Indian and First Nation tribes?
Q: What is the name of the conflict between European, American and Canadian governments and various American Indian and First Nation tribes?
A: The conflict is known as the American Indian Wars (also known as the Indian Wars or the First Nations Wars; French: Guerres des Premières Nations).
Q: When did these conflicts take place?
A: These conflicts took place in North America from the time of the earliest colonial settlements in the 17th century until the 1920s.
Q: What were some of the causes of these wars?
A: Some of the causes for these wars included cultural differences, land disputes, and crimes committed by both sides. In addition, European powers and their colonies enlisted Indian tribes to help them do war against each other's colonial settlements.
Q: How did US policy towards Native Americans change after 1780?
A: After 1780, as white settlers went west across America, there was an increase in size, length of time, and intensity of conflicts between settlers and various Indians. After this period US policy changed from removal to relocating Indian tribes to specially designated and federally protected reservations.
Q: What law was passed by Britain that limited conflicts with native peoples in Canada?
A: The British Royal Proclamation of 1763 was passed which banned white settlers from taking lands from native peoples without signing a treaty with them. This law is still valid today in Canada along with 11 Numbered Treaties which also limit conflicts.
Q: What was one major conflict during this period?
A: One major conflict during this period was War of 1812 which resulted in defeat for major Indian coalitions in Midwest and South regions.
Q: How did US policy towards Native Americans change after 1830? A: The Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowed for US government to remove natives from east Mississippi River area to west region which they believed to be empty frontier (although many tribes had territory here). Eventually federal US policy changed so that instead they relocated Native American tribes to specially designated federally protected reservations
