Problem
Write discussion/essay that answers the following questions:
i. What was Champlain after, that led him to set in motion a cascade of violence in North America?
ii. How were his goals and actions embedded in rivalry between European states?
iii. How did Champlain's actions lead to a vast expansion of Native American wars and an exponential increase in their deadliness?
iv. How did European and Native American ideas about trade and war differ?
v. How did French, Spanish, and English ways of treating and interacting with Native Americans differ in the period examined in the chapter?
vi. How were a small band of Spanish adventurers able to bring down the mighty Aztec Empire?