Imperialism In Kamala Markandaya's 'Nectar In A Sieve'

The environment hugely affected the Native American Indians in many different ways. This is because of the way in which the Indians used the environment and the surrounding land. The Indians were very close to nature, and so that meant that any changes in nature would be changes in the Indians.

This was a negative effect for the native people because there was a lot of poverty and the British decided to take over land that was in use already. Many people wouldn't have anywhere to live but still ended up getting kicked out of their own place. Some people would argue the effects of imperialism in Africa and Asia were positive economically.

In the Americas, European settlers and conquistadors brought disease that devastated Native American communities. They also forced many Native Americans off their land to build settlements. Many native cultures were almost completely destroyed because of Europeans coming to America.

Indians did many different things for themselves. Horses greatly increased human movement and activity on the plains, Such as bufflalo, dogs, housing, culture, trade,

Crops from the New World were also brought to Europe. Because of the surplus in crops, the Indians gave the Europeans a lot of crops in exchange for manufactured goods, which negatively impacted the Indians because they would run out of crops eventually (Doc. 7). With manufactured goods, the Europeans brought smallpox, influenza, typhus, measles, malaria, diphtheria, and whooping cough. The Indians taught the colonial men about tobacco and cocaine, therefore both parties suffered health issues. Over the course of a decade the population of the Indians declined from over 25 millions to just about 1 million people (Doc.

Contact with the Native American population changed those Europeans who settled in the Americas. Europeans who came used the numerous natives as labor workers to build their powerful empires like the Spaniards. They also used the populations to provide food and shelter, and even

The Age of Exploration had many effects on the Natives. Many people were dying of diseases. Some of these Europeans killed & tortured people. European explorers also helped the Indians to read and write. They also began the Columbian Exchange. The European explorers, conquistadors, and settlers from the Age of Exploration should be epitomized as villains and heroes.

The British starved the indians to death literally, so many people were dieing because they got no food. The British stole all of the India’s government away from them and changed it. The British were tearing down their forests and using it to plant cash crops/ crops. They also made it to where they stopped the spreading of new languages and their cultures. Although the British had power their rule

It influenced men unable to make enough money to support their family. Due to unable to trade extensively, poverty of indigenous people promoted. Britain also forced indigenous people to pay high taxes for their debts of the 7 years war. It was hard for them to keep their

As to the European settlement, Indians had interacted with the land in a way that minimized their impact. Indians were marked by greater mobility, changing their location of living depending on the season; from agriculture to hunting. Like the "golden age" of Indians living in harmony with nature, their relationship was one in which they changed the landscape but done in a way that was less of any cause of damage as in using fire to clear

Disease wiped out thousands of Indians all over Americas soon after the Indians met the European. When the Europeans came to America, all Indians felt the negative effect of the interaction. Most Africans

Have you ever wondered the real impact british had on india during the time the ruled? British may have created railroad taught indians how to communicate protected forestry and endangered animals. The truth is the jobs they created paid indians un fair compared to british men, indians learned mort english in their own independance then when the british ruled, the didn't protect forestry for long because they would clear cut and ship it back to britain, and animals became endangered due to clear cutting which led to temperature rise water table drop and unplantable soil. Here are some examples of what really happened and why british were unsuitable for rule.

European migration vastly affected the Native population in areas such as family life, religion, and food. Diseases had been transmitted and spread throughout rapidly. When they began to explore and settle they had introduced epidemics such as smallpox. Native americans were not in better health and had no immunity to these diseases. They had also caused a disruption in their food supply.

The European conquests mostly had a negative effect on the Native American culture and population in general. Diseases that the Europeans brought over inadvertently helped wipe out a majority of the Native population. They were forced to move off their lands and totally change their way of life. I am sure the conquests brought some modernization to the Native American culture and life that could have made things better for them. Though the disease, loss of land and loss of life far out weighed any good they brought over. The European explorers also felt they could exploit the Indians for labor to aid them in developing these new lands. The Catholic Church also made it a priority to convert them to Christianity and try to “civilize” them.

Europeans brought in iron-age products, which goes on to change the way many Native Americans farmed, cooked, hunted, worked, dressed, and ate. Another thing that was brought into the new world was disease. Epidemics were unleashed that effected Europe and the Americas but hit the Native Americans much harder. The exchange of political ideas, economic systems, and culture was soon to come. These changes contradicted many Native