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This land was not our land.
As late as 1750—some 150 years after Britain established Jamestown and fully 250 years after Europeans first set foot in the continent—[Native Americans] constituted a majority of the population in North America, a fact not adequately reflected in textbooks," Claudio Saunt writes in an accompanying article. "Even a century later, in 1850, they still retained formal possession of much of the western half of the continent."
With Saunt's map, you can watch the shift occur. Each part is clickable, with information on the treaties that were used to negotiate cessions available via links in pop-up boxes. You can also search for a location or any Native American nation, such as Cherokee or Sioux, to see the land they once possessed. Color coding distinguishes between native lands (blue) and reservations (orange). The latter have dwindled significantly since their creation....
Module Six
When the Europeans first came to what is now the United States it was holding many things that we take advantage of today, like trees that are constantly being cut down and not being replanted else where but having buildings built that is polluting the air. When the Europeans started to take over the land it started in the eat/southeast area and moved west/northwest and worked its way through the country till almost all of the land was taken over. Europeans fought the Native Americans to get their land and gain their supplies, many individuals died trying to keep what was rightfully theirs to begin with. White supremacy takes a big detail in this action. Europeans thought that they deserved the land and took what they thought was rightfully theirs, which is not how it was suppose to be. Native Americans fought for what they believed was theirs just like we do but we also fight for anything that we "think" it ours or should be. Europeans were theoretically the child in the sand box that did not like to share.
Shows how whites took over native american land.