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Europeans had been extremely good farmers for many thousands of years before the Americas were discovered and they needed no training in farming. The problem was that European crops (that is corn, meaning wheat, barley, rye, oats, millet and so on) did not grow well along the eastern coast of North America.
The settlers had never seen the native crops (mainly maize, called "Indian corn" by settlers) and did not know how to cultivate it - it was the native plants that they learned about from native Americans.
In more recent times the term "Indian corn" has been shortened in American English to "corn", which is really the Old English term for European cereal crops - hence generating confusion about what is actually meant.
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Why might the native Americans want to help the colonists?
the native americans didn't specificly help the colonists. all they did was simply show the colonists how to plant and crop and care for a farm.
Did priests teach farming and building skills to American Indians?
No. American Indians taught priests and all other colonists how to farm and survive in North America. I am not sure what you mean by building skills, but different Native Americans already had many ways of building their residences before the colonists arrived.
What is the average size of a farm in America?
418 hectares which is 1,033 acres for us Americans
Why do you think the assimilation policy of the dawes act failed?
The Dawes Act was implemented in the United States in 1887, with the goal of dividing up Native American lands so that individuals would live separately from their tribes, thus becoming US citizens. The overall goal of the act was to assimilate Native Americans into European American culture. However, it did not work. Native Americans continued to carry on their beliefs, and passed them down from generation to generation.
What did the Native Americans do that benefited America?
I am a Native and us natives live a good life just like you white people we are the exact same but to racis people we supposably dance around a fire and kill people with our bow arrows so there you got your answers. very good Native of what or where though? Archeological studies of various sites throughout the world show that man ate a varied diet depending on where thay lived ,from vegetarian ,fish to meat.
