Colonization is when one country sets up a colony in another country the act of setting up a colony away from one’s place of origin. The United States should not colonize the struggling countries of South America because they may rebel against this idea‚ it could negatively affect their lives‚ and this action could cause conflict between other governments. South American countries may rebel against the idea of colonizing them. A good example of a group rebelling against colonization would be “As
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Mary Nejatifar Ms. Graff English 11H October 11‚ 2012 Colonization in America Some of the first Europeans to explore and settle in the New World were the English Puritans. In the 17th century‚ a man called John Winthrop traveled to Massachusetts Bay along with many other Puritans. With troubles with the Church of England‚ this group of people wanted to launch new lives on a new continent. To support their desires‚ John Winthrop offered several reasons and arguments to support moving
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largely on corn agriculture and hunting‚ In North America‚ their societies were less numerous and urbanized than in South America‚ though some peoples like the Pueblo and Iroquois developed complex social orders. The impetus for European colonization came from the desire for new trade routes to the East‚ the spirit and technological discoveries of the Renaissance‚ and the power of the new European national monarchies. The European encounters with America and Africa‚ beginning with the Portuguese and
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The First Americans The settling of the Americas Descended from bands of hunters and fishers Crossed the Bering Strait via land Arrived by sea from Asia or pacific lands 15‚000 to 60‚000 years ago Early inhabitants spread to the tip of south America Food crisis Wooly mammoth and giant bison extinct due to climate warm Near East 9‚000 years ago agriculture developed; corn‚ squash‚ and beans modern day Mexico and Andes Western hemisphere; no agriculture possible because of absence
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Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area. mita - Mine working is more prevalent Potosi - The location of a major mining organization haciendas - places that the government would tax Treaty of Tordesillas - signed in 1494 between Castile and Portugal; clarified spheres of influence and rights of possession in New World; reserved Brazil and all newly discovered lands east of Brazil to Portugal; granted all lands west
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1 OLD WORLD‚ NEW WORLDS THE CHAPTER IN PERSPECTIVE Early modern Europe emerged from its isolation during the Middle Ages by conquering the world’s oceans—opening direct contact and commerce with Africa and Asia and rediscovering America. Before the end of the fourteenth century‚ western Europeans had relied on the mariners and merchants of the Muslim world for their access to the trade and technology of the rest of the known world‚ Africa and Asia. But during the fifteenth century‚ western
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discovery of deposits of silver in Spanish America and Japan brought to global commerce. The silver trade initially brought extravagant‚ even opulent‚ wealth to Europe‚ China‚ Japan‚ and the traders in these nations‚ but in the end resulted in one of the most extreme cases of global inflation ever recorded‚ ruining the economies of Spain‚ Portugal‚ and China. Socially‚ the silver trade (and Spanish colonization) ended the native way of life in South and Central America; the inflation brought on by it broke
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Paleo-indians: These were the first Americans‚ nomadic hunters and gatherers‚ they dispersed throughout N and S America after crossing Beringia. By 11‚500 years ago‚ they were making stone tools. By 900 years ago‚ they began to cultivate crops. Some began to establish permanent settlements. They reached their peaks of success after they mastered agriculture. Mayans: The Maya established an empire about 2000 years ago in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Their city‚ Teotihuacan housed 100‚000 people
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Culture of Portugal The country of Portugal has many rich cultural facets in food‚ music and sports. Situated on the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula that it shares with Spain‚ Portugal’s culture was shaped by the influences from the Latin‚ Visigoth and Muslim cultures. Many men in Portugal go into the Atlantic to catch fish while the women are homebound doing chores like house work or cleaning the fish. The men are the bread winners while the women are the housewives who take care of the home
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Portugal and Uganda Portuguese Republic and Republic of Uganda are two extremely different countries when it comes to social and economic development. Portugal‚ located in Europe on the Iberian Peninsula‚ while Uganda is located in Africa and is a landlocked country. Portugal is considered a developed country with high living standards and advanced economic. According to the United Nations on Economics and Social Council‚ Uganda is slowly trying to develop‚ but is ranked amongst the least developed
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