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The Indians were the first people to be referred to as “Americans”, but by the time of the American Revolution the name no longer referred to Indians but to the colonist. The colonist were called Americans and not Europeans because their culture became a mix ....

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.... land, diseases and religious zeal. Even though both cultures could have probably coexisted quite peacefully the Europeans felt that they were superior to the Indians and set out to dominate and suppress the Indian population. Many Europeans were drawn to the New World because it held promise, something that their homeland lacked. They wanted to create a world that was similar to the one left behind, proof of this is evident in the names that were given to places such as New France, New England, New York, New Sweden, New Spain, Lancaster, Durham and Cumberland. Unfortunately in their zeal to create these new places, they disrupted the lives of the pa ....