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“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward” –Ellen Glasgow

INTRODUCTION

First off, change is something that is all around us. Time is a proponent of change. William Cronon’s work, Changes in the Land, is an interpretation with persuasive arguments of the ecology shift in 17^th and 18^th century New England.  The Native Indians of New England become exposed to a European way of life and together live through a complex transformation in the land. The author brings the audience through the changing circumstances of European dominance and of the world around them. Thus delivering his thesis, “"the shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entailed important changes-well known to historians-in the ways these peoples organized their lives, but it also involved fundamental reorganizations-less well known to historians-in the region's plant and animal communities" (Cronon vii). Through countless pieces of evidence, the author depicts the life of New England Indians and Europeans as their relationship evolves over time along with the ecology around them.