Question

How did Native Americans adapt to the growing presence of Europeans among them?

Answer 1

Native Americans changed their culture to try to fit in and be safe from the whites.

Explanation:

Native Americans took up Christianity and married white women. The Native Americans let white traders and soldiers marry Native American women to try to stop discrimination.

They replaced their traditional homes with log, lumber, or bricks houses. Textile makers wove cotton and wool cloth to sell and use. School children practiced their math and learned to read in both Cherokee and English.

Native Americans farmed using European methods and equipment. Some rich Native Americans even bought black slaves. One example is the Cherokee nation. They adopted their own constitution and printed their own bilingual newspaper to try to fit in.