Effect of Colonization on Europe and the Americas Colonization of the Americas by European nations was a significant historical event that began in the 15th century. Starting with Portugal’s forays into overseas exploration‚ the phenomenon soon spread to different European countries‚ with Spain and Portugal divvying up the South American continent. Discoveries in the new world led to economic growth in Europe. Meanwhile‚ introduction of European ideas led to an overhaul of the Native American economy
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Justin Gebauer Shaw W3 February 13 Colonization: A Good Thing? At the beginning of the 19th century‚ European countries began to take interest in non-westernized countries throughout the world. With the beginning of the industrial revolution on the verge‚ factories in Europe had a demand for materials. Many of these countries went to other countries to gain the resources they needed. In the process they tried to impose their culture on the natives. The natives lives were destroyed
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I. Brief Discussion of Spaniards Colonization In the 16th century‚ Ferdinand Magellan‚ captain of the first expedition to circumnavigate the world‚ came to the Philippines. Magellan landed in an island recently called Limasawa and he introduced Christianity to the native people in the island. Many years later‚ other expeditions followed as Spain sought to establish trade routes across the Pacific. The first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established on Cebu. The Philippines was Spain’s
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The Impact of Colonization in the Country of Botswana Botswana’s peaceful transition to independence was unique and historical on the continent of Africa; yet Botswana’s road to a stabilized government and economic success lack perfection. Unlike any other country in Africa‚ Botswana applied for their independence from the British and their request was accepted. Simultaneously the British became the protectorate over Botswana territory at the request of the Tswana chiefs. According to Gretchen
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European colonization effected Africa negatively‚ as it resulted in the continent being taken advantage of‚ people and resources exploited‚ and their economical standpoint being very low. By looking at Africa’s experience with the Berlin Conference and the effects it had‚ we can see how greatly the continent was negatively influenced. The Berlin Conference brought King Leopold II into Africa‚ but the world did not know that it would result in genocide of about 5‚000 people in Sierra Leone. Continuing
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Colonization of Bangladesh Bangladesh‚ a developing country‚ is relatively unknown in the globalized world and is often confused with its dominant neighbor‚ India. The country as we see it now did not exist even 50 years ago. The purpose of this paper is to detail how the region was colonized‚ how Bangladesh came to be and a brief overview of how it is doing now. As most geographers know that there is an intense relationship between Pakistan‚ India and Bangladesh‚ for good reason too. They were
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European settlements coming from different parts of the continent. The major colonies include the Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch‚ and English. The colonization of the New World by the Europeans from the late Fifteenth century through the Seventeenth century transformed the face of the world. During the colonial period‚ the Spanish mostly settled in the present day Southwestern United States. While the French colonies claimed the large part of Canada thorough the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi river‚ the
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First experience of the United States at colonization. It was never the stated intention of America to colonize the Philippines forever “the Philippines are ours not to exploit‚ but to develop and civilize‚ to educate‚ to train in the science of self – government” President McKinley US congress (1899) Objectives: To pursue a manifest destiny for America as world power; To use the Philippines as a source of raw materials for U.S industries and as the market for U.S manufactured
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The French in Indochina Creation Before French colonization‚ Indochina was broken up into three independent‚ separate countries in Asia. They were known as the Khmer Empire (Cambodia)‚ the Laotian Kingdom (Laos)‚ and Vietnam. The Vietnamese were ruled by emperors from neighboring China for hundreds of years before the French took over. The emperors had nominal rule however. One of the old social facts of pre-Indochina included the emperors collecting revenue. But the taxes were
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Although they were not the first Europeans in the Philippines‚ the first well documented arrival of western Europeans in the archipelago was the Spanish expedition led by Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan‚ which first sighted the mountains of Samar at dawn on 16 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ making landfall the following day at the small‚ uninhabited island of Homonhon at the mouth of the Leyte Gulf.[1] Magellan had abandoned his Portuguese citizenship and became a Spanish subject prior to his contract
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