Since the English arrival in Virginia, their relations with Native American or Indian tribes have been rooted in conflict. George Mason I and II contributed to this conflict. Though only two men in a larger scheme of land expansion that began before George Mason I arrived in Virginia, George Mason I and II contributed to the consistent removal of Indians from their land, as well as the overall decimation of their population. The removal of Indians from their land was achieved by a combined system of violence and law. This system was made possible by the growing number of English settlers, such as George Mason I, who contributed to the steady decline of the Indian population.
The existing scholarship on George Mason I and George Mason II’s relations with Indian tribes of Virginia and Maryland is little to non-existent. However, there is research on George Mason the I and II, as well as research on Indian tribes of Virginia and Maryland, which have made it possible to synthesize these two topics.
Overall, historians have approached and interpreted this topic by synthesizing the relationships between European settlers and the Indian tribes of Virginia and Maryland. All of them discuss the issue of eradicating the Native Americans or Indians for land, while also synthesizing this idea with other issues, such as racism and slavery. This project will focus heavily on the idea that the removal of Indians from their land was achieved by a combined system of violence and law, of which the issues of racism and slavery were important factors, and how George Mason I and II contributed to the consistent removal of Indians from their land, as well as the overall decimation of their population by utilizing this system.
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Alicia Marquis