Discuss the nature of the relationship between the Indians and the English along the Atlantic seaboard in the years 1600 to 1700 and to what extent that relationship changed over the seventeenth century. dbq

The nature of the relationship between the Indians and the English changed over the period from 1600 to 1700.

Explanation:

The relationship between the Native Americans and English began when settlers arrive in 1607 and establish Jamestown colony. The settlers faced not only the climate but the hostile Native Indians. With a lack of skills and less food supply, surviving became hard in the colony.

The Native Americans gave food by showing their hospitable toward them and conducted trade with settlers.

After some time, the settlers began to develop agriculture to become less dependent on the Native Americans. The relationship among the two groups worsened after English colonists abducted Pocahontas and took over more Native American land for plantations and to extend their colony. The increasing land grabs increased the hostility, which led to frequent ambush and war.

the northwest ordinance of 1787 guaranteed basic rights for settlers and banned slavery there.