19th Century American Colonialism

Colonialism was practiced all around the globe by places such as Spain, Portugal, France, England and the Netherlands. It was upon the discovery of the New World and all it had to offer that many continents began to express their desire for the riches and luxuries that it entailed. Portuguese and Spanish explorers ventured across the world to not only explore the New World but also to gain wealth and riches in the form of spices and silks. It was from the findings of new land masses that lead to colonialization in the form of domination. Trading posts were essential during the early eras of colonialism as it provided a means to benefit the home country as well as provided an opportunity to bring luxury items into the country and create a large profit for all participating parties. The planting of
However, human labor was needed, and the idea of enslaving the native peoples who lived there was a suggestion that got rejected, however, the use of forced labor contracts was implemented and although the people were personally free their working conditions were very harsh. The European empire relied heavily on the slavery of African individuals working on plantations because there was a large demand for sugar cane as it provided a sweet element to the European diet. The European empire was one of the strongest empires during the era of colonization. Later, however, colonization shifted to capitalism in the sense that many of the continents were now powerful and wanted to remain so. The desire for wealth, riches and luxury items was on demand and the use of human labor was utilized in achieving this goal. From the expansion of trading posts, capitalism was used to further the home lands wealth and