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    Colonization on Africa has Pros and cons. The Pros are that the europeans got resources they didn’t have and‚ got people to work for them. But the cons are that the africans have less resources and had a huge decrease in population. Europeans colonized Africa for a couple reasons. One reason they colonized Africa because they wanted to start a trade with people in Africa. This is because Europeans knew africa was loaded with good resources that Europeans don’t have. For example‚ gold‚ cocoa‚ bauxite

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    European Colonization on the Comanche Tribe European colonization had a big effect on the Comanche tribe and other Native Americans. Due to the introduction of many different things it changed the way they live‚ hunt and see things from their own perspective. In a way it is good that the Europeans found the Native Americans for our sake‚ as to the discovery of new foods‚ people etc but for the Comanche’s it wasn’t such a good thing. The most shocking and unexpected effect that could have happened

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    Indonesia by European settlers has shaped historic events and has compressed or vanquished customs and cultures. The colonization of Australia and Indonesia hold negative and positive aspects in history; forced labor‚ slavery‚ racial segregation and the loss of many cultures were horrific incidents within Indonesia’s and Australia’s history. However without these occurrences we might not have had the improvement of modern- day technology‚ arts‚ literature and science. Indonesia’s colonization was due

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    European Colonization and African American Development During the period of 1885-1905‚ as Africa was divided into 55 small states‚ an era of economic tug-of-war between the British and the French known as “The Scramble for Africa” became the target of prosperity. While campaigned to end slavery and all affiliations with the slave trade‚ this method of colonial rule not only effectively controlled various territories‚ but also altered the lives of indigenous African people. Through tactics of indirect

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    The European Age of Exploration was very beneficial to not only Europe but also the Americas‚ Africa‚ and Asia. Although the European Age of Exploration was said to have come about for the purpose of finding or discovering new spices‚ that was not the only reason. The Europeans also set out to find new trade routes that went around the Ottoman’s territory and this exploration lead to the European Golden Age because it brought Europe out of the “Dark Ages.” Europe was facing what was known as the

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    European Empires in the Americans: By using the oceanic way‚ the Western Europe’s places expanded among the Americas‚ and it conquered most of the lands by the mid-19th century. British‚ French‚ and Dutch‚ which dropped out‚ are examples of colonies in the North America‚ and Spain and Portugal were colonies in the South America. The European got benefits from the movement towards the Americas. Their Atlantic states were well placed that they could straightly reach the Americas‚ which were beneficial

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    The European Conquest of The Americas One of the primary reasons for exploration was the search for the Northwest Passage‚ an imaginary path that could be used to reach Asia without having to go around Africa‚ or through the Middle East. The Panamanians proved that travel was possible around Africa with a new kind of boat that utilized wind better‚ but the Spaniards and other Europeans were more interested in a more direct approach to reaching Asia. So they began to head westward. The Queen of

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    CHAPTER 13 NOTES.   European Empires in the Americas 1. Western European empires were marked by maritime expansion.   Spaniards in Caribbean‚ then on to Aztec and Inca empires Portuguese in Brazil British‚ French‚ and Dutch colonies in North America Europeans controlled most of the Americas by the mid-nineteenth century 2. The European Advantage geography: European Atlantic states were well positioned for  involvement in the Americas   the Atlantic’s fixed winds helped‚ once they were understood

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    said‚ continents‚ like South and North America‚ were not always like they look now. There was no countries‚ no big cities‚ and no civilized life. There was only native tribes and nature. What we look now is product of what it’s called "colonization". Of course‚ none of the two pieces of the continent were colonized in the same way. First‚ I am going to explained how was the colonization in the USA‚ and then the colonization in South America. North America‚ XVII century. It all started in 1607

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    France. The colonization of the colonies was not primarily a religious endeavor‚ due to the participating countries’ motives‚ the determination of the colonists‚ and the religious tensions amongst colonies. An ideal way to understand why the countries did what they did is to analyze their motive. The main objective here was to find an alternate passageway to China and the eastern trade markets. Obviously‚ that is not what they found‚ so hence sparked an interest in the Americas as a replacement

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