The Influence Of European Settlers

The European Colonization of the Americas initiated in 1492 when Spanish explorer and navigator, Christopher Columbus sailed the sea to the New World. Their main motivation was to probe new trade routes, spread Catholicism and earn recognition and stardom for discoveries made similar to the findings that came from the conquest of the Aztecs and Incas. The English then established permanent settlement in the New World and interacted with the indigenous people that were already living there. This was found to have a detrimental effect on the Native Americans because Europeans brought dangerous diseases such as smallpox to the Americas. Also, natives were imperialized, forced to give up their vibrant culture and take up the lifestyle of the Spaniards.

European colonization of the Americas should be remembered as a tragedy for the impractical and immoral acts upon Native Americans and slave laborers. The European colonization of the Americas was a series of atrocities committed upon underdeveloped territory by settlers throughout the Americas. Many European countries took part in the advantages of the land to increase economic trade and newly found resources. However, the net result of this colonization for the indigenous who already inhabited these lands was the exploitation of Native Americans and Slaves through forced labor, Christian ideals being forced upon those certainly from different beliefs, and the general theft of land and natural resources.

Between 1492-1776, although many people moved to the “New World”, North America lost population due to the amount of Indians dying from war and diseases and the inability of colonists to replace them. John Murrin states, “losers far outnumbered winners” in “ a tragedy of such huge proportions that no one’s imagination can easily encompass it all.” This thought of a decreasing population broadens one’s perspective of history from that of an excluded American tale full of positivity to that of a more unbiased, all-encompassing analysis. The Indians and slaves have recently been noted as a more crucial part of history than previously accredited with.

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European Americans held cultural views of land and religion that was entirely separate from the Native people. Europeans came to the Americas for various reasons, wealth, a new life, or missionary. Each of these European-Americans had different views on Natives; some saw them as a slight barrier to great wealth, evil demons out for blood, or “Noble Savages” who needed the guidance of Christ. In each situation the Natives suffered greatly from displacement to death.

The deposition of their land, involvement in violent conflict and exposure to new diseases, resulted in the death of a vast number of Indigenous people. For the small population that did survive through this period of time, their lives were irreversibly changed, forever

Although the natives 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 time probably would have never existed. The pain, sweat, blood, and tears that led into creating the nation, we have now been crucial during those times. It was unjust and unethical for the Europeans to treat the Natives as

The first Europeans arrived in North America in the fifteenth century CE. Native cultures included the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztecs, the Incas, the Mound Builders of the Mississippi region, and the Anasazi of the American Southwest. The first metropolis in Mesoamerica, was the city of Teotihuacan, capital of an early state about thirty miles northeast of Mexico City that arose around the third century B.C.E. and flourished for nearly a millennium until it collapsed under mysterious circumstances. Among the groups moving into the Valley of Mexico after the fall of Teotihuacan were the Mexica. Folk legend held that their original homeland was the island in the lake called Aztlan, from that is why today they are known as the Aztecs. The Aztecs were excellent warriors. They set out to bring the entire region under their domination. For the remainder of the fifteenth century, the Aztecs took control over much of which is known as modern Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and as far south as the Guatemalan border. The Chimor kingdom was eventually succeeded in the late fifteenth century by an invading force from the mountains far to the south. The Inka were a small community in the area of Cuzco, a city located at an altitude of ten thousand feet in the mountains of southern Peru. In the 1440s, under the leadership of their powerful ruler Pachakuti, the Inka launched a campaign of conquest that eventually brought the entire region under their authority. Under his

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During the time period of 1607, when the first British colony was established in America, to the last established colony in 1733, differences in each colony was evident due to the different beliefs of conduct in colonization and government. All of the colonies, however, faced unbelievable difficulties upon collaborating with Native Americans, some much severe than others. Furthermore, the impact of North American colonization affected not only Britain and the Natives, but all of Europe as well.

In the early years of the United States’ formation, the country had its roots in the original thirteen colonies. Through years of expansion, the United States grew into the country we know today. Without the migration movements like the pilgrims’ voyage to America, the colonization founding of the original thirteen colonies, and the westward migration in the 1800s for gold and prosperity, the country could not be the way it is today. The colonization of the 1600s and the migration in the 1800s impacted the course of American history and its development.

Before the English settlers moved to New England, over one hundred thousand Indians were already living in this area. The Indians relied on natural resources the land and water around them could supply them with. They were hunters and gatherers, which means, they hunted animals and gathered the supplies they needed. The Indians were very good about only taking what they needed, and they using the entire thing if they could. When the English settlers moved in, many Indians did not know how to respond. Some did not like the English settlers at all and refrained from helping them or receiving help from the settlers. Other Indians tried to aid the settlers and in turn the English settlers tried to aid the Indians. In time, some of the Indians

Life was hard when our ancestors moved from Europe to colonial America and later migrated west. There were many challenges and difficulties. There were some differences between the colonists of the 1600’s and westerns settlers of the 1800’s, but there were also some similarities. The people in the colonies were mainly Anglican and Baptists , whereas many people that went west were Amish, Mennonite and Catholic. They were both mostly made up of the Anglo-Saxon race , defined by Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary as, “a white gentile of an English-Speaking nation.” They all shared the same cultural origin, heritage, ideas about schooling and physical characteristics. Both groups also spoke English in the main. Another parallel they shared was types of

The history of the Americas has certainly seen its fair share of violence since the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Much of this violence, though certainly not all, has been inflicted upon the native peoples of North, Central, and South America. European colonization of these lands has had immense and broad adverse effects on the people already residing there; some of these effects were calculated by the Europeans, while some were not. Among some of the calculated effects were extreme and heinous acts of violence towards natives and theft of native land. Some of the effects the Europeans did not foresee were the diseases that would wreak havoc on the natives and the depletion of Native American culture.