Colonization of Latin America and North America When Christopher Columbus led a Spanish expedition in 1492 to India‚ he came across a land that would change the world forever. This region was called the Americas‚ a land the Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ French and English saw as their own to change and rule. However‚ the two regions‚ Latin America and North America saw two vastly different yet similar colonization processes from the Europeans in their social‚ political and economic systems
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History Russell McGillivray Kenya The British colonization of Kenya destroyed the culture and economy of the native people‚ but it established a democratic government and left Kenya a more modernized country.[1] During the 1880’s through 1914‚ the start of WWI‚ was an age of imperialism. One place that felt victim to this imperialism was Africa. At this time Africa was a wholly unmodernized continent. The reason the Europeans went after Africa was the introduction of the idea of
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One of the main goals in the Spanish colonies was to convert the natives from their native religions to christianity. It was quite debated how this should take place with one of the major spots of contention being the native use of idols. There two sides to the idol discussion in the Spanish colonies‚ the first was that all idols should be completely annihilated‚ which clergymen like Pablo José Arriaga supported; the other half of the debate was that the natives should be allowed to keep their idols
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The role of slavery served as a big economic incentive. Brazil’s lush agriculture made it a desirable place for the Portuguese to establish themselves. Slavery‚ however did exist before the Portuguese started their colonization. The Portuguese were among the powerful nations that were attempting to create many colonies for themselves. Brazil was one of the most important colony to them because of all the resources they could export and make a profit from. The land was fertile and in addition to having
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In the early 1600s England established its’ first colony in the New World with one hundred men and three boats at the mouth of the Chesapeake River it was called Jamestown. Soon after many more colonists would arrive to the New World seeking religious freedom‚ freedom from persecution‚ land‚ economic prosperity‚ or to work off debt. Nonetheless‚ people saw the New World as new opportunities and to leave a life to start a new one. As British colonies grew and created their own culture‚ policies‚ and
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Spanish Settlement In 1492 Columbus landed on Hispaniola‚ territory that belongs to the Caribbean Islands. The discovery of a new continent aroused curiosity among European nations. As a result‚ many of them traveled to explore the New World in search of resources. These explorations led to the colonization of America‚ which began one year after the discovery of Hispaniola. By 1502‚ the Spanish explorer Nicolas de Ovando established a base in Hispaniola. This represented the beginning of the Spanish
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The expansion of the British American started with Columbus discovery of the New World. This is where two grand worlds collided; that being the Old World and the New World. Once the Europeans started coming over they realized what great land and grand wealth there was‚ thus they kept coming and expanding their people. As this happened between the wars where they were taking land and lives of the Native American Indian‚ decreasing their numbers immensely (McCarthy‚ 2014). The Europeans were far more
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During the 19th century‚ the role geography played in the European colonization of Africa encouraged European efforts to control the massive continent of Arica. This document based question can be split up into three groups of documents: hindered‚ encouraged‚ and ignored efforts. The Europeans came together and created a conference called the Berlin Conference in 1884 in order for them to split Africa and prevent disputes (Document J). This encouraged the European efforts to colonize Africa because
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European colonization had a huge impact on North America. This impact had an disturbing impact on the native population. In a small period of time the native’s way of life was changed forever. The changes were caused by many of factors‚ including loss of land‚ disease‚ enforced laws which violated their culture‚ food and self sufficiency. When the Europeans arrived they brought with them various disease to the natives such as smallpox. The natives had no immunity to these different diseases and
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will die very easily. Lastly‚ There is very little sun on the moon so solar panels will be useless. Without solar panels it will be very difficult to get energy. The moon is not fit for people/humans to live on it. To begin with‚ according to Colonization of the Moon‚ “the lack of an atmosphere increases the chances of the colony being hit by meteor.” Second‚ A higher meteor chance is not the only thing that is dangerous on the moon. Moon dust is also very dangerous to the humans because it destroys
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