“Specifically, I examine the character of transactions between colonists and indigenous people in what I call a contact economy, and I outline the role of these proliferating transactions in determining the political, economic, and social intercultural dynamics in the rapidly expanding Euroamerican territory, thereby also shaping the legal institutions that developed during this time” (Park, 2016: 1008)
The colonists and Native Americans had a cultural collision because of their diverse religious beliefs, ethics, and worldviews.