Negative Effects Of Colonizing South America

Colonizing is when a group of settlers come and take control of a place and it is usually forced. South America is a unique place to live, with people who have built their lives, homes and families there. Based on the negative effects when Europe colonized Africa, the US government should not colonize South America because it could cause a detrimental war and change the culture and the way of living that the natives have established. When Europe colonized Africa, there were a lot of harmful outcomes, some of which are wars. There were wars between different ethnic groups and even different European countries. In the source World History: Patterns of Interaction, there were three groups that fought over land and resources, those groups were
Eventually in 1887 the Zulus accepted their defeat and fell into the British power (World History, 2009, Pg 776). The British were very powerful and had more advanced technology, such as guns, to take over Africa. It may have taken a while but ultimately they achieved their goal of attaining parts of Africa, including South Africa. Also in the source World History: Patterns of Interaction, “ the Boer War (also known as the South African War) between the British and Boers was the first modern “total” war. The Boers launched commando raids and used guerrilla tactics against the British. The British countered by burning boer farms and imprisoning women and children in disease-ridden concentration camps” (World History, 2009, Pg 778). The British had a goal and that was to take over Africa, but many lives were taken in the
Some of the african people thought that eventually good would come from the Europeans taking over. The people of Nigeria had pride in their country and believed that with their fortitude they could eventually overcome such a catastrophe (Things Fall Apart, 2012, pg. 19-20). Strength means to have courage and vitality, but without those how are you supposed to fight a war. The people of Nigeria had faith that they would overpower the Europeans. The text World History: Patterns of Interaction says, “colonialism reduced local warfare. Humanitarian efforts in some colonies improved sanitation and provided hospitals and schools” (World History, 2009, Pg 784). By improving sanitation that is preventing possible diseases from surfacing and the schools will keep all children educated so they will make good choices. The Europeans did bring good things to africa and we can bring good things to poor South American countries too. Even though there are good things that come from colonization, the bad things outweigh them. In the World History: Patterns of Interactions it says that so many of the African people lost their lives to, at the time, unknown diseases. Also the Europeans changed the native culture of the Africans and many people were compelled to leave their homes. The government was recreated and so was their society (World History, 2009, Pg 784).Changing a