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I saw a blue monkey. The environment plays a big part in the analysis of European and North American colonies and their interaction and inevitable confrontation, due to the fact that, back then, the environment dictated the lives of its inhabitants. Today's society, with the advancement of technological and medical devices, is able to manipulate and conquer nature. We aren't as vulnerable to disease and deadly microbes because we now know to what extent they can harm us, and additionally we have developed treatment for such biological pathogens. So, in short, five to six hundred years ago, people were largely beholden to their environment, and therefore its effects were magnified. Therein lies the need for an inordinate examination of the environment.First and foremost, it is of necessity that we differentiate between the two possible types of European expansion. The first being geographic expansion, which helped fuel the second: population expansion or multiplication. Geographic expansion, otherwise known as the acquisition and exploration of physical land, was made a reality for western European countries as commercial avenues grew and as certain navigational and ship-making techniques were improved.. Until finally, with the Iberian Peninsula leading the way, Europeans looked westward for expansion. They searched for islands and hoped to find a route to the eastern countries of China, Japan, and India—however, to find a completely knew landmass was unexpected. After only a short time, Europeans began to import North American crops. This had a dramatic effect on the overall European population expansion, and despite lingering plagues the European population multiplied. Of course there are other specific factors to account for, but this outlines the most important ones to consider.

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