European colonization of the New World was detrimental to Native Americans because it resulted in millions of Native deaths‚ took Native lands and forced Natives onto reservations‚ and destroyed the traditional Native way of life. The Native deaths were caused by smallpox‚ and other deadly Eurasian Germs. The germs were spread by the Europeans they gave them through blankets and food‚ millions of deaths were caused by these gifts. The Natives were forced onto reservations because most or many American
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Relationships Between Native Americans and European Explorers/Settlers The indigenous Native Americans and the European explorers of the 16th and 17th century were two very different and distinct groups of people. The Native Americans were usually peaceful until threatened. Although they did not have much technology‚ they knew the land well and used their resources very efficiently. On the other hand‚ the European settlers‚ though more advanced as a civilization‚ proved a bit more violent
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Lisa Huang Mr. Birtwell U.S History Honors November‚ 26th‚ 2012 What were the effects of the contact between Europeans and North Americans? Ever since 1485‚ Christopher Columbus‚ an explorer from Italy‚ began to vigorously look for sponsor for his voyage. He presented his idea of sailing to the Atlantic and into mysterious Asia to John II‚ King of Portugal. Yet‚ he was interested in his plan. John II and the royalties thought the plan was unfavorable and unrealistic. When Columbus was about
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faced by the Europeans during the early stages of the new world settlement Three difficulties faced by the Europeans during the early stages of the new world settlement were resistance from the Amerindians‚ lack of supplies and food and natural disasters. The Europeans could not understand the resistance of the Amerindians. They felt that their culture and weapons were superior to that of the Amerindians and so they felt justified in their use of force against them. The Europeans forced the
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Killing each other everyday because they are enemies forced to live together. That is what the European colonization caused. The Europeans decided that they wanted to colonize Africa because they saw profit in it. They did not even care about the natives. Colonization is when a country decides to populate an area of foreign land and have a government there without actually owning it. The Europeans colonized Africa for many reasons. They colonized Africa because they wanted the resources that were
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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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oppression‚ Europeans came to the continent. Two of the immigrations that took place were those of the French and British. Upon arriving at North America‚ they did not encounter savages‚ but rather a skilled and organized people. Both countries took to the indigenous people differently‚ however. While the French treated the indigenous people with respect and as people with whom they could trade and coexist‚ the British treated them as an obstacle in the way of their conquest. The European intruders
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Since the 15th century‚ Europeans have been exploring the world‚ colonizing new lands‚ and interacting with the people of these new lands. These interactions were caused mostly by the economic motivations of Europeans‚ as these places often provided Europe with valuable goods. Throughout this period of interaction‚ European views of foreigners changed from those of respect and tolerance in the late 18th century to those of complete superiority and dominance in the early 20th century. This change
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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 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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