Colonisation and indigenous Americans

What was the land that English would-be settlers landed on in N Americas?

Inhabited land

What did English attempt to colonise?

Land that belonged to others

Who didn’t they ask permission of?

The indigenous people they found there

What did disregarding rights of the owners lead to?

Conflict between settlers and indigenous communities

What happened when colonies grew?

The impact on these communities intensified- their territory was stolen, their villages attacked, and their crops destroyed

What were many indigenous people killed by?

Devastating European diseases for which their immune systems were wholly unprepared and many others were ill-treated by the settlers.