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    TA Christy HIS 315K 4 March 2024 The Effects of Colonization on Native Americans (Question 1) In hopes of finding prosperity in North America through land and materials, European colonization was rampant from 1492 to 1783. However, these actions had immense effects on the Native American population. These effects, both positive and negative, had lasting impacts on various tribes all throughout North America. From 1492 to 1783, European colonization altered Native American lives through cultural developments

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    European Colonization on Sub-Saharan African Education Before the Europeans came and colonized much of Africa, including its schooling systems, many educational practices in Africa consisted of groups of older people, known as elders, teaching aspects of life such as rituals and rites of passage, helping to transition children into adulthood. Almost every member of the African community played a part in the educational upbringing of a child. However, when European colonialism began to take place

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    Before European Colonization" was published on April 8, 2013 by Thomas Oklahoma. It was written and directed by Cristina Treddi, and produced by National geographic and ZDF. In world history, Europe has been expanding its culture and way of living all around the world. Many countries in Europe found trades in order to grow their economy and population growth. Finding new territories was an ambition for many countries, for example France, Spain, England, German and Portugal. So, before European colonized

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    once thrived in Australia prior to the colonization of their land. Post colonization the Aboriginals were enslaved and taken into concentration camps. The colonization affected the culture that once flourished. Today they are treated less than 2nd class citizens, and are looked down upon by the rest of Australia. The colonization of foreign powers has negatively affected the culture and people of Aboriginal Australia. Aboriginals in pre-colonization Australia, lived by no rules. They roamed

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    The colonization of the Americas was an expedition of the European explorers. Several European countries followed Christopher Columbus’ expedition in search of new trade routes to Asia. Motivated by different economic reasons, explorers from England, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and France colonized the Americas wanting to increase power, build colossal empires, and uphold the European prestige. As a result, Europeans invaded Native American territory which led to American colonization and the eradication

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    Throughout United States history, various Native American tribes responded differently to the European colonization process. The various ways that the Native American tribes responded to the Europeans coming to their land resulted in different outcomes for each of the tribes as well. When the Europeans first came to America, they did not know how to interact with the various Native American groups that were spread out all over the United States, and the Native Americans also did not know how to respond

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    might have never made it to modern day like customs, the impact of the European exploration and colonization on the native people was through the conversion to Christianity; death/diseases; and the exchanges and teachings towards Natives. Without all the modifications the Europeans made on the Natives, and also colonizing in the Americas we wouldn’t have mixed race population or event the today’s united states. If the European explorers never came over to the US, some generations of family in today’s

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    proven true throughout history because the countless cultures that have been invaded and stripped of their culture. Throughout the book Things Fall Apart there are many examples of culture and how much it means to the igbo cultures people. When the Europeans invaded Africa they immediately made changes to the Igbo peoples culture and beliefs. Because of this the main character Okonkwo felt as if he had been stripped of his soul and everything that he believed in. “Worthy men are no more,” Okonkwo sighed…

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    many centuries before the beginning of the Atlantic Slave trade. There is evidence that enslaved people from some African states were exported to other states in Africa, Europe and Asia prior to the Europeans Colonization of Americas. The African slave trade provided a large number of slaves to Europeans and many more to people in Muslim countries. There was Slavery in parts of Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas long before 1619 when the first shipment of indenture slaves arrived in the British

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    What shapes a society? Throughout history, colonization has impacted many societies and their ways of life. European colonization and colonialism largely impacted the Canadian First Nations’ way of life. Alfred (2009) referred to European colonization as “the invasion and eventual domination of North America by European empires” (p. 45). However, colonialism is a more complex concept that describes the relationship that occurred between the European and Indigenous peoples. Alfred (2009) inferred

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