The Tempest in the Wilderness questions

3. I think the question is supposed to be how do the English view the natives differently in Virginia than in New England. I'm going to answer this question even if what was actually written is correct.
~The English in Virginia came to Jamestown to die. Just before they were surely going to die, the natives brought them food and support. Also in Virginia, there is a lot of fertile land and an abundance of land for the English and Natives so they don't compete for the same spot. Because there isn't an immediate and dire need for competition, they get along fine and don't have skirmishes early on. The Virginians believe that the Natives can be reformed from there non-christian ways and should be taught and worked with.
In New England, the arriving settlers found cold shores and small amounts of really fertile land. The fertile land, that is fertile do to the natives' farming techniques, is occupied by the natives and can only slightly be used by the English. I believe that the English wanted to kill the natives off for their land. To morally justify this, the English probably decided that they are naturally evil and can't be reformed so they must kill them off. In doing so the English will gain their land! This just demonstrates how the New Englanders treat the Natives like savage, satan worshipers, and the Virginians treat them like savage, satan worshipers, who might learn to worship God.


8. What did the puritans fear from the Natives?
~The English feared many things about the Natives and about the new world. They feared them because they lived in the wilderness and in puritan society, the wilderness meant hell and the devil. They also feared them because, although it is obvious that the English won at some time because I am not of native decent, they could lose to them in a battle or full scale war.


17. The settlers were afraid of becoming Indians, how could  this happen and how could it change the English?
~The English believed that the Natives worshiped the devil. They feared that, if overcome by the natives, they would also be overcome by the devil. This would be a very scary thought in a puritan community's minds.