The Impacts Of European Colonization

Cambodia experienced mass death, approximately 1.7 million lives, during the Cambodian genocide of 1975 through 1979. The Khmer Rouge regime dominated the Cambodian government and attempted to purge the population of intellectuals, professionals and supporters of the original government. In an attempt to better the country’s economic standing at a horrendously rapid rate, the country instead experienced mass destruction. The purpose of this paper is to explore the various ways devastation was brought upon Cambodia and how it affected the populace. In the 1950’s the country was engulfed by the civil war north and south Vietnam was waging after gaining independence from France. The battlefield of the war overflowed into Cambodia and caused physical

Cambodia is a small country in Southeast Asia. Before the Genocide, “Cambodia was run by France until 1953”. Unfortunately the Genocide began a few years later, “The genocide was from 1975-1979”. Before the genocide, the ethnic groups weren't messed with and were the majority, “The largest ethnic minority groups in Cambodia before 1970 were the Chinese and Vietnamese populations”. Cambodia regained independence, “After years as a French protectorate, in 1953, Cambodia regained its independence with Prince Norodom Sihanouk as its ruler. But two things made Cambodia's future unstable”. Cambodia wasn’t but before anything, “First, Cambodia became independent in the midst of the Cold War, and the onset of the Vietnam

Before the Khmer, Cambodia was one of the most economically advanced countries in the world. Now the country is one of the poorest in the world, and has one of the highest death rates in the world. Food/Oil prices have greatly affected the poverty in the country. As the shortage of food/oil gets greater, the entrepreneurs have to raise their prices so they will be able to sustain their families. The less money the citizens have to pay with, the harder it is for those entrepreneurs to make money which hurts the country’s economy drastically. Also the lack of food intake from the Cambodians affects their productivity and efficiency

They turned the whole country into a detention centre which due to the crimes led to a graveyard for the many people killed there. The Khmer Rouge was led by Pol Pot which was surprisingly born in Cambodia. As short as a couple days after the Khmer Rouge took charge, they had 2 million people in Phnom Penh and surrounding cities to take part in agricultural work, which resulted in thousands of people dying in the move. They wanted to transform Cambodia into a country in which there was no rich people, no poor people, and no exploitation. In result to achieve what they wanted they; demolished money, free markets, normal schooling, private property, foreign clothing styles, religious practices, and traditional Khmer culture.

European Colonization was rapidly expanded after Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer arrived in the Americas. The start of the Colonization is dated to 1492. The European Colonization of the Americas was a tragedy because, the Native Americans were living a peaceful life and the arrival of Europeans has led to the devastation of indigenous communities through diseases, violence and dispossession.

To look first at the economic side of the equation, the Khmer Rouge, upon their rise to power, greatly altered the economic trajectory of Cambodia, reorienting the nation towards a heavily state-driven approach. Such an approach was a profound shift in direction from the prior

In April 1975, Cambodia history would be changed forever. This was the start of Cambodia genocide. Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge, became the ruler of Cambodia. He did not like the idea of them influenced by other countries. Khmer Rouge persecuted all the educated citizens. They persecuted doctors, lawyers, police, and former military. They even prosecuted Buddhists, Christians and Muslims. Khmer Rouge then put all the citizens in living arrangements according to their trust. The “old citizens” were the most trust worthy. Then, the pro-west and city dwellers were called “new citizens”. The last groups were the “candidates” and “full right citizens”. Anybody that refused re-education were killed in the fields or at the prison camp Tuol Sleng Centre. Khmer Rouge killed over 1.7 million people. In January 1979, Khmer Rouge was removed from power by Vietnam communist. Ever since the genocide, Cambodia became one of the least developed countries in the world. According to United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking,” Poverty, lack of education, and employment opportunities have left many Cambodians, particularly women and children, in extremely vulnerable situations”. This would cause people to find many different ways to make money. Families would sell their daughters to brothels to pay off debts. Girls who are forced to work in brothels endure rape, abuse and torture.

As a strong communist organization with aims for Cambodia that would leave the country in dire need of help, the Khmer Rouge defectively impacted the easy-going life Cambodians knew. With much determination,

Still today Cambodia is a forever changing society that faces many challenges. Cambodia is mostly poor but there is a distinguished majority that is somewhat wealthy. Many different religions, cultures, and ethnic groups have established colonization in Cambodia but they all have one thing in common…poverty. The Khmer Rouge created an everlasting effect on Cambodia that will most likely be a problem for many more years to come. (Hidayat, 2010)

The worst famine in recorded history combined with mass killings of innocent people occurred in Cambodia as the result of the Khmer Rouge’s reign. Stripping their citizens of all modern technologies and practices, as well as killing all ethnic minorities and intellectuals destroyed Cambodian culture. Innocent people were killed on the basis that they may possibly be enemies of the state, although rarely was there evidence proving these millions of Cambodians were enemies at all. From 1975 to 1979 the Khmer Rouge was in power in Cambodia, and in that time around twenty percent of Cambodians died in their extreme communist society. Before the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia was becoming increasingly unstable after suffering war and an unstable

Prior to the 1960s Cambodia was considered a peaceful, neutral and to an extent prosperous country, however, nowadays it is known as one of the most tragic empires of all time. Geographically squeezed between Thailand and Vietnam, Cambodia suffered a great blow with the wakening of the Vietnam War. Essentially, the fighting in neighboring Vietnam spread to Cambodia when the Americans started suspecting that various Vietnamese Communists were hiding in bases along different areas of Cambodia’s border. The American bombings killed thousands of innocent civilians and more importantly destroyed much of Cambodia’s existing social and economic structures. The devastating situation gave way to a wicked revolutionary Pol Pot who led the Khmer Rouge forces in Cambodia from 1963 until 1997. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were in pursuit of transforming the Cambodian society to a utopian one and bringing the country to ‘’year zero’’ as Pol Pot put it. In only four years, from 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge forces killed two million people while the devastation Pol Pot wreaked on his country remains hard to comprehend. The rise to power of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge was inseparable from US intervention. Although it was indigenous, Pol Pot’s revolution would not have won power without US economic and military destabilization of Cambodia. Civilian casualties in Cambodia drove an enraged populace into the arms of an insurgency that had enjoyed relatively little support until

The Spanish and the European settlers that came to the North America took on the east coast part of this region. Wherefore, there were many different Indian tribes that existed in this place whom spoke different languages, practiced different customs, and used different techniques in raising their own crops and hunting livestock. It was a mix of people who were better at farming while others were better at agricultural activities. Some people involved in war while some did not. As for my example, some of the Indian nations that existed here were the Seneca, the Mohawk, the Cherokee, and the Seminole. They were able to practice and share amongst themselves a highly developed system of trade wherein they traded goods over a wide area.

Thousands of children were left alone, as orphans when the Khmer Rouge slaughtered much of the population. In 1979 when the Khmer Rouge finally fell, many children were sent to refugee camps in the Thailand and other surrounding countries. Many however, went alone, these children many of whom are now young adults have been forced to learn to live without any guidance from their families. This has effected Cambodia’s economy and culture today. The goal of the Khmer Rouge was “to exterminate the country's educated classes -- doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers, merchants and clergy.” This left very few people in the country after the fall of the regime that knew how to do anything other than kill each other. The young men born in the time of this totalitarian government were not taught anything other than how to murder. This has played a key role in the still struggling economy in

When Christopher columbus came to the new world he discovered the indigenous Americans. The Europeans affected the natives in many ways such as bringing diseases, war, and converting their beliefs to the natives.

The motives for the Europeans for expansion and colonization in the new word was a new way of life and exploration. The search for new things and ocean travel was intriguing to the Europeans. Though the conditions in Europe were changing the Europeans thought that they could find better things overseas. The Europeans expanded their capabilities for growth and colonization. The biggest resistance of the Europeans was the Indians. The Indians did not like the thought of foreigners taking over their land and crops. The Indians often battled with the Europeans killing them before they could take over.