Exploration and colonization of North and South America were ultimately not beneficial in the 15th and 16th centuries because it wiped out many cultures and did more harm than good. First of all, the Europeans forcibly converted the Natives to Christianity. This had a great negative impact because it resulted in the loss of native cultures. Over time, many Native American languages started to disappear from common use and English took over. Many may argue that colonization and exploration were important because of the Columbian Exchange that arose from it, however diseases and the slave trade also came from the Columbian exchange. I believe that the death of millions was not a reasonable price to pay for the benefits of the Europeans. It …show more content…
They created the Maryland Toleration Act which required religious toleration in the British North American colonies (msa.maryland.gov). Rhode Island is another example of a religiously tolerant colony. With the help of Roger Williams, Rhode Island was able to separate the church from the state. The colonies of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Rhode Island set the model for other colonies to follow. More and more colonies started the practice religious tolerance (andycrown.net). Though there were some colonies that did not practice religious tolerance, the majority of the colonies did practice religious tolerance. The horrible and brutal treatment of the Native Americans were unnecessary and could have been avoided. Men like Columbus and Cortes treated the Natives with a cruel and brutal hand. They enslaved a great amount of natives, they brought disease to the natives and they ruthlessly killed the Natives for no good reason. There could have been other ways in which the Natives and Europeans could have interacted in order to get what both sides wanted. For example, the Columbian Exhange could have occurred without violence. The Europeans and Natives could have respectfully made deals about trade rather than the Europeans just coming in and taking what the pleased. All in all, the Europeans only did things to benefit themselves and brutally destroyed the people and culture of
Natives were humiliated and dehumanized. Spaniards did not see the huge genocide that was going on , they just saw the land they was stealing from the natives and the money they were getting out of it. Time past and more and more settled in what now is called the United States. The Englishmen have settled near the east coast when coming to the Americas. English settlements kept growing so they needed to wipe out the natives out to have the land. “Not able to enslave the Indians, and not able to live with them, the English decided to exterminate them” (page, 19). The Indians learned that Europeans were and will always be stronger than them. They learned that European weapons will always be more powerful then whatever they made. Europeans had guns, Indians had spares. Europeans were devious and trick Indians to turn to each other. Tribes were tricked by these masterminds and started conflicted with each other and battles. The Europeans had mass murdered the native Americans with no sympathy. The native Americans could not do anything about it so they had to listen to the European due to the fact they were more powerful. As for the Englishmen they used any type of excuse to get into war. Europeans called native Americans Indians because when Columbus arrived in America he believed that he was in India so he thought they were Indians, its in politically incorrect but calling them Indians is okay because they truly traveled from Asia to America
Many colonies were founded for religious purposes. While religion was involved with all of the colonies, Massachusetts, New Haven, Maryland, and Pennsylvania were established exclusively for religious purposes.
The lives of the Native Americans was negatively affected by the arrival of the Europeans as their populations were wiped out by disease introduced from European exploration and trade, as well as becoming oppressed by conquests and enslavement; however, the transatlantic trade that they participated in greatly benefited both worlds.
Although all colonies had religion play some sort of role in their daily lives, the importance of religion differed greatly among the regions. Since Puritans helped establish many of the New England colonies, it is no surprise that the majority of the New England colonists were Puritan. Religion was a major part of daily life, with many attending church and having their children baptized. Religion varied greatly in the Middle colonies. For example, in New Jersey, many different religions from many different European nations were able to coexist, while the Quakers dominated Pennsylvania, both in culture and in government. In the Southern colonies, religion did not seem to be of high importance to the colonists, as farming was of utmost importance to the Southern colonists. However, many were Catholic. In fact, Maryland was founded in order to provide a refuge for persecuted
All the British colonies allowed the practice of many religions, but there were some colonies that only allowed it to a certain extent. An example would be Massachusetts, who allowed religious freedom, but only to the Puritans. They did not allow others to practice any other religion, and if they did, they were prosecuted. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were the only two colonies that allowed religious freedom to the fullest extent. They believed people should be able to practice their own religion. The New England Colonies, except for Rhode Island, were all strict of religious freedom. The Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies had a mix of religions from Jews, Catholics, Lutherans, Baptists, Anglicans, and others.
It is no secret that Europeans and Native Americans have an intricate history of conflict and cooperation. Going all the way back to the 16th century, where it all started, their encounters were mostly unpleasant. Indians were the first ones to settle in the Americas, so they had to be creative when it came to living with all this new land. Each tribe had their own culture, beliefs, religions, ideas, and ways of living which for the most part, were not in agreement with European lifestyle. In my opinion, all of those differences are what lead the Europeans and Native Americans relationship to frequent destruction.
The middle colonies such as New York, and Pennsylvania were more religiously free than the New England Colonies. Pennsylvania was an asylum for quakers and other religious minorities. The Southern Colonies like the middle colonies were also religiously tolerant. Maryland was a haven for catholics however they accepted most other religions as well like the rest of the Southern Colonies 5. In the economic history of the
In my opinion, the benefits of the European exploration did not outweigh its consequences. One reason why the benefits did not outweigh the consequences is the Native American population. Another reason the benefits did not outweigh is because of the Columbian Exchange. Columbus also did not stand up to his promises. Those are some of the reasons why the benefits did not outweigh the consequences.
The other side of the story to our great American history is not as pretty as they teach us in grade school. The American Holocaust by David Stannard is a novel full of live excerpts from eyewitnesses to the genocide of the American Indians. He goes as far as to describe what life was most likely like before Europeans came to the Americas and obliterated the "Paradise" so described. Columbus even wrote how beautiful the places were in which he committed acts against the Natives so horrific, it was hard to read about, let alone talk about. The Natives were so innocent and naive, that when Columbus would "show them his sword" they would grab the end and in effect slice open their hand. These people had no chance of
Europe went to Africa to colonize and gain resources in return the people of Africa gained new technologies it's was a win-win for both sides. The people of america will be colonizing south america by the year 2030, the U.S. should colonize south america because They need to become more civilized so we don't have to hold their hands anymore so they need to establish public services. south america has an abundance of resources since they don't have the technology to harness these resources we will give them technology in return we get a percentage of the resources.
In my opinion, the Americans were horrible to the Native Americans when they were trying to take the Black Hills. They made a treaty with the natives, saying that an American could not step onto native land without permission. Then the Americans broke the treaty, and blamed it on the natives. They chased the natives out of their homeland, gave the natives a reservation of land that they promised to never take away, and then took it anyway, killing thousands of Native Americans. Not only did the Americans kill native warriors, but they slaughtered innocent women and children as well, burning every teepee they came across. The Native Americans did not want to fight. They just wanted to live peacefully on their own land.
Colonizing South America will improve the United States and help South America with different things we need and help them advance in life or technology. In 2030 the world has changed drastically due to wars, government interaction and more. It would help the United States if they colonized South America like past nations such as Europe colonizing Africa, colonizing South America will give us resources and improve South American by giving them more technology and structures.
It is important to note here that it is very easy to villainize the European Americans, and without a doubt there were many people who used the education of the Native Americans to do very villainous things and on the whole the Native American Boarding schools were an exercise in abuse, but (and this is a big but) by and large the intention of the European Americans was to help the native Americans. The situation is not a black and white “Good” vs. “Evil”. The problem was cultural. The Native way of thinking was a problem for the European Americans who had found the land and wanted to use it their way. There was, if course a contrast to how the Native Americans viewed the world and their place in it and when the Native Americans fought back against the appropriation of their land, there was blood shed on both sides. This lead to the European view that the Indian was not to be trusted. There were also differences in religion. One has to remember that the Christian religion dominated the European population of U.S. and one
Is colonizing countries that are not asking for your help really going to do any good for them or just make things even worst for them? From the mid-1800's to the early 1900's the Europeans decided they would imperialize Africa which caused very negative outcomes. Now in the year 2030 by a government committee, the decision must be made whether the U.S should colonize struggling countries in South America. Based off of previous events in history the U.S should not attempt to colonize struggling countries in South America as it will lead to possible wars between the countries and destroy their unique way of life.
The exploration period in Europe was a widespread idea that all countries agreed on, they all wanted to expand their countries and get richer than the others. The expansion was a very great thing for the countries that did it and benefitted them greatly and made them richer. The bad part of the explorations was that it harshly affected the native people by taking their land, spreading diseases, enslaving them, and forcefully converting them to christianity.