Part one of term paper
1. In what ways does Rowlandson's narrative provide evidence about ? 2. Although it was not Rowlandson's intention to present them, can you uncover any Indian viewpoints on the English and on King Philip's War from her narrative? 3. How does Rowlandson's experience as a captive and author inform our understanding of women in seventeenth-cent ...

Part two of term paper
... expansion and colonization does not excuse the campaign of officially directed violence toward the Indians during colonization. There are two clear acts of Genocide against the Native American Indians in American history. One in 1637 being the so-called Pequit War, while the other was during the Gold rush in California. A staggering amount, 1500 or 40-50% of Pequot Indians were killed during the Pequot War. A Puritan account of 1643 stated that, “divine intervention had saved New England and ...