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    Anglicization of the Britain’s American colonies was a big event for the course of not only American or British history, but world history. The colonists adopting many British ways and becoming very patriotic towards the “mother country” had a large effect on the events that unfolded in the late 18th century. While it is true that the American colonists were incredibly British during the beginning to the mid-18th century, the colonies had been around long enough to develop their own culture and way

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    Native Americans during 1785-1829 were affected by western expansion because of the removal of Native Americans from the land, white settlers attempting to assimilate Native Americans to their culture, and were involved in battles between the a Native Americans and white setters which led to the depleting number of Native Americans. Distorted perspectives of european settlers led them to view Native Americans as “uncivilized savages.”As the Renaissance reached its ending term Europeans saw their

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    Effects of European Colonization on Native Populations Human societies prior to 1492 remained almost completely isolated from the rest of the world. The motivation of the Europeans to colonize the rest of the world / spread their influence, and their desire for treasure and trade resulted in different cultures coming together for the first time in history. While for a long time the Europeans’ trade was primarily focused on Asia and Africa, eventually their motives changed, and they began to prioritize

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    Ethnic Conflict during Colonization Overview of Conflict and Response During the period of European colonization into North America the type of ethnic conflict that was occurring was Settlers vs. Indigenous populations. The main issue with this conflict was over land and territory. However, the conflict and response to the conflict needed to be justified so settlers pinned the indigenous people as inferior to themselves and savage, essentially making them unworthy to have control over the land. (Wolfe)

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    When you think about Native Americans, what comes to mind. Does history class come into mind? Does riding horses and beautiful views come into mind? Does family come into mind? All those different views were affected when the Europeans came to the Americas. Europeans colonization of the America’s affected the Native Americans drastically. When the European’s came to the America’s, they brought disease and greed which turned into death and destruction. Along with religion and agriculture. Agriculture

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    Native Americans, the people who were not supposed to survive the settlement of Europeans, have lived long and strong, but it is not to say it was has been without struggle (“A Brief History” 2006). “No other group, however, faced problems more severe than the Native Americans” (“Digital” 2014). Struggling to keep control of their sacred land, provide an education for their children, and practice their language, beliefs, and traditions in silence was the typical life of the Native American people

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    The impact of colonization is shown through past and present actions. Political, economic, and social structures of societies are completely changed, negatively affecting areas such as Africa. Colonialism only resulted in positive benefits for Europeans attempting to colonize areas, and not the natives. When dealing with issues such as war, leadership, and government revolution, the United States should not attempt to colonize struggling countries in South America because it creates war and a loss

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    Throughout history, there were several Europeans nations that dominated the world. But I will only focus on a few of them. They relied on a very important thing that is colonization. Colonization lead the nations to a better economy, and political prosperity. It brought them wealth and power for these nations, but also started new cultures, and peoples. These nations sent peoples to travel the world, colonizing land, exploring geographic areas, etc. In hope of gaining advantages for their empire

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    The Effects of Colonization on the Native Americans Native Americans had inherited the land now called America and eventually their lives were destroyed due to European Colonization. When the Europeans arrived and settled, they changed the Native American way of life for the worst. These changes were caused by a number of factors including disease, loss of land, attempts to export religion, and laws, which violated Native American culture. Native Americans never came in contact

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    between Europeans and Native Americans led to a demographic calamity. The earliest explorations from European countries introduced a plethora of diseases; these diseases hindered the Native’s population and way of life. Not only early explorations of European countries impacted the indigenous people, but the settlement and encounters with Europeans in the twentieth century did as well. Before Europeans voyaged to the New World, the lands were occupied by Native Americans for thousands of years, but

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