Justifying taking FN land

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social 1 Mind Map on Justifying taking FN land, created by tdhein on 27/08/2013.
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Justifying taking FN land
  1. divine right of man to rule
    1. FN savages so less than human
    2. believed wilderness was devil's work and agriculture was god's
      1. wanted to help FN live a better life
        1. God protected the Faithful, so FN woes proved they were not in God's favor
          1. decrease in population
            1. famine
              1. disease
              2. Christianity is the true Faith
                1. Looked for anything that proved FN were not equal
                  1. Felt agriculture was superior to hunting/gathering
                    1. felt they knew beter agricultural techniques
                      1. Natives were not making proper use of the land
                        1. FN had little to no standing structures to show the land was theirs
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