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    of being faced with Conquest, Colonization, and Military Invasions from Europe since the early 1970’s and up to the 1900’s. Many were standing against the idea of being captured or colonized by these Europeans leaders and countries. The only two countries that have not been touched or colonized by Europe is Ethiopia and Liberia, unfortunately (Fortunately). Most of the Africa’s countries has been touched by European conquerors. There are three main factors why European nations have decided to go into

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    ​Most Europeans had the perception that people from the African continent were inferior. This is because they thought that their traditions were backward and lacked civilization. They used this notion as a justification for subjecting the African people to slavery. However, this is not the case since civilization is said to have originated from Africa. The most organized and advanced people in terms of technology are said to be the Africans even before the European slavers discovered Africa (Chivallon

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    the less developed when compared to different parts of the world. The colonization era highly affected Latin American, making Latin America less developed than other countries. Latin America used to be rich in terms of resources, containing an abundance of resources that made these lands valuable for other countries. Among its resources, the lands of Latin America produced gold and silver. In the era of colonization many Europeans colonizers were able to conquer land and make use of them by taking

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    The Europeans colonizing the Americas, Spanish conquistadors taking over South America, fights breaking out among the Spanish and natives. What the Europeans did to the Natives and Africans is unforgivable, and the world had to suffer for their ideas. The Europeans had an overall negative effect with these acts. They murdered the natives, transferred contagious diseases, and caused the downfall of civilizations. This could not stand and the people wanted to fight, but the Europeans remained the dominant

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    Analysis and Explanation of the Causes of European Exploration and Colonization Before the beginning of the Early Modern Era, Europeans were threatened of invasions from the Ottomans and Mongols, the Crusades, the Black Death, and many forms of internal conflict such as the Hundred Years’ War between England and France and the Inquisition. With this in mind, it may be difficult to imagine why the Europeans have become so powerful. However, the Europeans have eventually been able to dominate the

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    European diseases were responsible for the deaths of more than half of the Incan empire and for the passing of as much as ninety percent of the natives of coastal New England (Mann, “1491”). Such a reduction of the strength and numbers of American Indian civilization was a considerable promoting factor in European conquest of and colonization of the Americas. If Native Americans had been capable of exhibiting a more formidable immunological response to European pathogens, colonization of the Americas

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    The age of exploration and European colonization should be considered a tragedy. Obviously, there are positives and negatives to any situation. However, during this time period there were more tragic circumstances. It was a tragedy because so many innocent people died, in Jamestown, the columbian exchange, and from being slaves. Many people died in Jamestown. The people of Jamestown could not go back to England. “This was the time, which still to this day we called the starving time; it were too

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    The Age of Exploration and European Colonization should be considered a tragedy because of the ways slaves were treated that affected their life in many different ways as shown by the African slaves lacking basic rights, the harsh treatment of the slaves, and the slaves were removed from their homelands. The first reason that shows the Age of Exploration and European Colonization should be considered a tragedy is African slaves lacked basic rights, including freedom. These slaves had many strict

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    The importance of racial hierarchy in the sense of European colonization efforts can largely be linked back to power and control. One of the greatest tools that the Europeans had in their conquests in the Americas and Africa was their use of religion as a means of rendering the native peoples that they intended to take advantage of docile. Essentially, it seems that in the cases where European explorers were easily able to spread their religion, as opposed to meeting resistance, they more or less

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    reasons were the dominating factor. There was a conflict in England between James I and Charles I that ignited a Civil War that lasted for 7 years. During this warring period it drove many people out which lead to inflation and poverty("European Colonization of the Americas."). People heard of the riches and economic potential that was found in America, thus causing them to migrate in hopes that they too would find such wealth. There were wide open fields that would be perfect for farming, tobacco

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