Colonization from the 1700's to Present

Colonization is building a colony in new land, but unfortunately, as seen in throughout history, that definition of colonization was not the case. Colonization was an outlet for the imperial nations to spread their religion, their economic beliefs, and the rule of monarchy, but not to present change necessary by the colonized tribes. It was the power of governing influence of a democracy over a dependent country, territory, or group of people to exploit them for their land and resources. A noticed pattern of this redefined colonization can be see all the way back to the 1700’s and has continued today. Superior groups saw colonization as an opportunity to abuse their power and take over inferior colonies who won't resist with any armed protection. It is noted that throughout history, countries used colonization as a way to handle their economic and social issues. It has evolved into a vessel for racism, oppression, and dehumanization. These patterns of the development of colonization and its impact can be seen dating back to the 1700’s in texts such as A Modest Proposal and Zong, then the transition into the 1800’s as colonization evolved from the Industrial Revolution that can be seen in the control of the Native Americans, into more recently in the 1900’s in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and The Big Chief Mshlanga and we take a look at how colonization has impacted the world today in excerpts from “Home”.
We see the impact and extremity of racism and colonization as early as 1729 in A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, where cannibalism is discussed to show the savage aspect of the English colonization of Ireland here. Swift paints a powerful message about the use of colonization and the racism, oppression and dehumanization tied into it. The author is an Irishman himself so he uses A Modest Proposal to demonstrate the exploitation of the resources of the Irish and the justification of the English, the rulers of England and its people. At the start of the 17th