One of the major similarities would be that they both grew crops widely and used agriculture as a means of survival. Hunting was also something that both cultures shared. Other than that, both of them had their own respective government systems wherein they had main leaders to help keep things under control. Their differences would include religious and spiritual believes. Their religious systems were very different in the way they believed higher powers and practiced worship. Also, the Native Americans believed that nature was not to be destroyed but preserved and lived among. Europeans on the other hand, believed in constantly taking from nature because it was put there to be taken.