I. Brief Discussion of Spaniards Colonization In the 16th century‚ Ferdinand Magellan‚ captain of the first expedition to circumnavigate the world‚ came to the Philippines. Magellan landed in an island recently called Limasawa and he introduced Christianity to the native people in the island. Many years later‚ other expeditions followed as Spain sought to establish trade routes across the Pacific. The first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established on Cebu. The Philippines was Spain’s
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Exploration and Colonization of the English‚ French‚ and Spanish The basis for exploration to the West‚ starting with the Spanish‚ cam e after the Italians sent Marco Polo to China which in turn created the Silk Road. These other 3 international powers‚ the English‚ French‚ and Spanish‚ needed their own ways to get to the Middle East to obtain those goods. So‚ this want for new‚ valuable goods‚ is what the basis for the exploration was. Another main basis was the creation of new seafaring equipment
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while England‚ which consisted of a Protestant monarchy‚ claimed Ireland. Eventually England too‚ would plan to occupy land in North America. Such feuds over religion would continue for centuries to come in the colonization of America. The Political causes of the navigation and colonization was based on many different things. The knowledge gained from explorations gave many Europeans new ideas and brought many stories of diverse cultures to them. This‚ along with the new places and people to discover
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European colonization effected Africa negatively‚ as it resulted in the continent being taken advantage of‚ people and resources exploited‚ and their economical standpoint being very low. By looking at Africa’s experience with the Berlin Conference and the effects it had‚ we can see how greatly the continent was negatively influenced. The Berlin Conference brought King Leopold II into Africa‚ but the world did not know that it would result in genocide of about 5‚000 people in Sierra Leone. Continuing
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19th Century Colonization of Africa By the end of the 19th century Europe had colonized Africa. The only exceptions that didn’t get colonized were Liberia and Ethiopia because they were already independent themselves. The Europeans had many reason for why they wanted to colonize Africa. They were generally all political and economic reasons. It was easy for Europeans to colonize and take over Africa because slave trade had made the Europeans believe that Africans were inferior to them. This was
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Between the 1500’s and 1600’s European countries sent out voyages that were told to find countries to colonize‚ colonization was essential to the mother countries economy and political agenda and also countries in the old world over populated and some were looking for religion freedom. They used the new words materials such as Furs‚ tobacco‚ meat‚ grain‚ flour‚ bread‚ barrel staves‚ lumber‚ horses‚ cloth‚ and iron just to name a few and also import goods from the mother country to help the economy
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Conquests‚ colonization‚ the slave trade‚ and the spread of consumerist society have shaped and formed the grounds for which developing countries find themselves today. The countries of the developing world subjected to colonialism have been faced with a number of impediments throughout the years which have hindered social and economic growth‚ and laid the foundation which bred cultural conflict. Colonialism‚ however‚ too bought Western civilization and all its attractions to underdeveloped countries
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The Tempest‚ a theatrical piece by William Shakespeare‚ was made in the age of expansion. This is evident in the play‚ as there are many instances in which colonization is apparent. Prospero embodies the role of “the colonizer” in the Tempest because of his abuseful‚ controlling and demeaning relationship with the non-European inhabitant of the island he was exiled to. This is evident because he changes the way Caliban acts when he first arrives to the island and treats him like he is lesser than
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colonization of Brazil In 1549‚ the Captaincy Colonies of Brazil were united into the Governorate General of Brazil‚ where they were provincial captaincies of Brazil; Luís Teixeira‚ 1574. Main article: Colonial Brazil Explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on April 22‚ 1500 in what is today Porto Seguro‚ Brazil. Permanent habitation did not begin until São Vicente was founded in 1532‚ although temporary trading posts were established earlier to collect brazilwood‚ used as a dye. From 1534
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First experience of the United States at colonization. It was never the stated intention of America to colonize the Philippines forever “the Philippines are ours not to exploit‚ but to develop and civilize‚ to educate‚ to train in the science of self – government” President McKinley US congress (1899) Objectives: To pursue a manifest destiny for America as world power; To use the Philippines as a source of raw materials for U.S industries and as the market for U.S manufactured
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