the 2nd amendment- why 2nd?

[Louis VI the Fat]

ACIN, Megas Methuselah:

The Proclamtion of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774:

http://www.uppercanadahistory.ca/pp/ppa.html
'The Proclamation laid down entirely new and equitable methods of dealing with the Indians. It established a constitutional framework for the negotiation of Indian treaties. As such it has been labelled an "Indian Magna Carta" or and "Indian Bill of Rights".'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_1763



Yes, we're dealing with perfidious Albion here. That is, they will rob and kill the natives while claiming they are defending them. However, it was better than what the American colonists had in mind, and eventually in store. Or maybe not, and genocide and etnic cleansing are just that, whatever the orderly manner in which they are performed.
If one must make a hierarchy, then the best course for native Americans was, in order: no white infringement, French, British, American.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I think it is laughable that you believe that the British act of pretending as if they are respecting the Indians with treaties and rights while killing them and establishing trading posts on their lands nevertheless is better then the Americans outright and obvious hatred for the numerous bloody skirmishes and wars they have had with them over the centuries.

I think the best part is how they worked to treat the Indians west of the Appalachians with respect but when they had more pressing matters, oh no they took from them and moved the land in the hands of the bigger threat: angry, conquered French colonists.

The Native Americans had no friends but themselves for the most part, and it is sad to suggest that within American-European politics at the time that they were used for the most part for anything other then tools to keep control of the lands for which they had no troops to effectively defend.

[Megas Methuselah]

ACIN, Megas Methuselah:

The Proclamtion of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774:

http://www.uppercanadahistory.ca/pp/ppa.html
'The Proclamation laid down entirely new and equitable methods of dealing with the Indians. It established a constitutional framework for the negotiation of Indian treaties. As such it has been labelled an "Indian Magna Carta" or and "Indian Bill of Rights".'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_1763



Yes, we're dealing with perfidious Albion here. That is, they will rob and kill the natives while claiming they are defending them. However, it was better than what the American colonists had in mind, and eventually in store. Or maybe not, and genocide and etnic cleansing are just that, whatever the orderly manner in which they are performed.
If one must make a hierarchy, then the best course for native Americans was, in order: no white infringement, French, British, American.

I know my own history, than you very much.

EDIT: And I agree with your last statement.