Or what if the Vikings has prospered and North America during the time when weather made the trip impossible. What if they taught iron working to the tribes of North America and themselves merged with them? Things would ALSO be very different.

Oh man.... That is so true. That is really mind boggling to think about. Talk about instilling war-like thoughts into the minds of the Natives....Well, to be honest, I don't know that much about Vikings, and that could just be the stereotype... I'm fairly sure they were a fairly armed society thgouh..

I dunno, this has been debated on scholar levels again and again, and even in open combat the Europeans in Canada's case would have gone all the same as they were already united against the english with the french. The natives of french Canada raiding partied the english settlers constantly, understandably so admittedly.
This is in Canada though, the natives had a huge mistrust of the english until after the royal mounties were established and protection laws were passed, and eventually the treaties (which we are still paying for now =/) in which they were basically allowed to live on their former plots of land etc long as they didn't outright attack or kill English, and respected their laws in their own area.
But before all that there was intense combat, very brutal too, the Natives did terror tactics (they don't teach this in history books) and scalped and skinned men and left them outside camps of the english to break their will to fight, until one of the first signs of chemical warfare were observed and blankets were dabbed in disease and put into silver canisters under the ploy of medicines, the really nasty thing about this all was he did it on his own accord and during the time he did this, english forts signed multiple treaties and he was alrerted of this, but he didn't send warnings to any of the tribes etc not to open them when they get to their camps.
They were little silver cans with blankets cut up into small squares, there was a surplus of un necessary hatred back in those days. Trying to remember correctly, but the Natives in the 13 colonies helped established it, but later border disagreements pushed it to warfare with the tribes and I remember that the combat was largely one sided even in full scaled large battles, the only thing that was successful largely were guerrilla attacks by the native tribes on civilian populaces and small scaled ambushes bent on breaking will power more than anything, but thats all I really remember about the 13 colonies other than them trying to expand upwards into Canada after declaring independence, oh and before.

Oh and the Vikings were thought to have fought the natives when they were here, apparently there is a movie they are making based on nothing they really know, just making something cool I heard lol, pathfinder it is.

Anywho, in Canada's case it exhibited what you were describing and with the aid of the french army also, while native warriors were really an efficient and skilled fighting force, contrary to alot of popular belief the british troops were very trained too and very apt to combat in the forest etc, they didn't do line tactics in the bushes of Canada either they really went small squad tactics and such, basically any way you spin it, it would have turned out the same, or just with more violence and death...
Well, except one path, if the Europeans would have taken a more french approach to the dealings with the natives, there would have been basically no bloodshed, but with the Europeans being such an xenophobic society something would have happened at one point. Though it would be kinda neat, having a half civilized in our terms of now adays and then large natural tribes living in the ways of old, I just can't imagine it working even though it would have been very neat and personally preferred to the way things happen, but man what a culture clash that would be, we'd have to try and segregate ourself completely away from them, so as not to infect their civilization with modernization and such..
But then comes the religion card, alot of fanatical christians wouldn't stand for so many people "Not under the flock of god".. Personally I like the whole idea about every animal and thing having its spiritual link and such, and the fact of people having a strong connection to certain animals which alot of people truly feel (Alot of people spin and twist it or just say they feel it for the fact of claiming to be 'more furry' than others) and Humans connection to nature is undeniable..
But personally, I feel connection to machines and such too, cars and such, but it's human nature to personify things and be attached.. Hehe, humans are silly creatures we are =3

Very interesting...Well, yeah, that's the thing the "white man" didn't always respect or remember the rules....Uhmmm encomienda anyone? There are two things my Spanish and Mexican ancestors did that I am NOT proud of: create gang war-fare, and conquest the poor natives.

It's strange, because in America there were accounts of the natives skinning people and what not, but it was actually just propoganda, and the real people doing the skinning and scalping, and bringing disease were the cowboys... Either way, both sides did horrible, scarring damage... But in general, I think that the invasion of the Europeans caused more damage...Seeing as natives aren't really uh...Thriving right now.

Then again, this is pertinent to AMERICA.:p

lol very true, but yeah in Canada there were some skinning and alot of scalping's that were real, which brought negative affect desired as it galvanized the Europeans hate towards them, and afforded Europeans an excuse to hate, and thats one thing you didn't do back then with their empire.
Yeah I have a few on the German side of my family that did alot of very bad things in the war, well two of them did, the Tilbert who was a Colonel actually got executed mysteriously, the terms were treason and I can't find any more information about it.. I am hoping it was something honorable like planning on killing of hitler or like, harbouring jewish... Then again, I had more than one relative fight in the Canadian Armed Forces, all but one died which was my Grandfather Gordon Boen, who was a lieutenant ACK I go back on topic now lol.

It really seems like they aren't but around here alot of the people, and I kid you not, choose this life style, heck Ryson Field (My Native friend who is one of my best friends) really really -really- really REALLY is racist towards natives lol... It's kind of odd, but he says the whole problem is reserves and treaties, and since everyone else but reserves and people cashing in on treaties (Ryson does it, he aint one to pass up money haha, I would too =P) want to get rid of them here..
It is cause of the European invasion that ultimately changed their ways and their entire culture, but the thing is, it's happened before.. Look at the Germans, they are one of the major peace symbols now from what they were just a hundred some years ago! Russia is our buddy now too, so I dunno.. Aye, it's harsh trying to make it up in first world societies but it's not hard to be doin alright!