Addressing the major sources of friction between the Indians and the English in Virginia and Massachusetts Bay, it appears that they are both connected to the issue of land owing. However, the cases are slightly different in these lands. Firstly, in Virginia, the settlers faced the difficulties of surviving the epidemic of malaria and finding food for restoring their powers. Led by John Smith, they strived to war down some lands for themselves in order to find food there.
The local population also needed these lands for their survival. Such controversy established strong grounds for the conflict between the newcomers and the inhabitants of the land. In Massachusetts Bay, the situation was similar as English settlers also were in need of land.
These settlers were more successful in their efforts to find feet in the new territory. Their colony was growing along with the need to feed the population. When wild animals were killed for food and hunting was no longer an option for finding ways to survive, the settlers decided to have flocks of home animals such as sheep and cows. Still, the other problem was in finding land for the animals. That is why the settlers started battling for the land with the local population, which initiated rivalry among the two peoples.
European expansion and colonization of the New World were motivated by a number of factors which may be subdivided into a few major groups including economic, religious, and social ones. While trying to survive in a new territory, the settlers faced a number of difficulties, including the major ones of finding food and ways to protect themselves from local diseases. Coping with the emerged problems, the settlers became involved in a conflict with the local population.