Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Justifying taking FN land
- divine right of man to rule
- FN savages so less than human
- believed wilderness was devil's work and agriculture was god's
- wanted to help FN live a better life
- God protected the Faithful, so FN woes proved they were not in God's favor
- decrease in population
- famine
- disease
- Christianity is the true Faith
- Looked for anything that proved FN were not equal
- Felt agriculture was superior to hunting/gathering
- felt they knew beter agricultural techniques
- Natives were not making proper use of the land
- FN had little to no standing structures to show the land was theirs