from being being religiously persecuted (e. g. the #Puritans,) or being economic #refugees (e. g. #PotatoeFamine,) soon began to see the #NativeAmericans as competitors for #Economic resources, in particular land for farming, mining, and construction.
If people had been honest, the just "gardeners" and "rangers" of the #GreatTurtle, as many peoples called their world,...
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110461640486866769
...were in the very way of these land-devouring @xankarn