Of the numerous viewpoints of the populations in the Americas, Europe, and other areas of the world, the exploration of the Americas in the mid 1500's greatly affected our society and how we live in it today. ... Many of the indigenous populations of the Americas were affected by the disguise of slavery. ... They fought many battles with the native populations and disrupted their previous customs and traditions. ... Because of all of this harsh treatment to the indigenous cultures during the exploration of the Americas, many people with the native roots of the Americas still hold a grudg...

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The primary factor in making the English the dominant power in America by 1763 is simply because the English established a growing population and secure trade of a profitable and renewable resource with England. ... Furthermore, what Columbus discovered was not North America where the English colonist settled, but South America. ... The Spanish did create a population in South America, but the resource they exported was nonrenewable and the labor force died out so they did not flourish in North America. The French did not create a big enough population to dominate North America and ...

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The mining of silver in Colonial Spanish America and gold mining in Colonial Portuguese America dominated the international commerce and economic markets of the world for many centuries. ... The gold mining in Mexico began in 1490s during early exploration of America. ... Most of the workforce in the silver mines consisted of native population who were forced into slavery. ... During early colonization period, many indigenous populations declined in large numbers due to various factors. ... The enslavement of natives further added to the decline of native populations. ...

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During the 1760's and 1770's, the British undermined the success of American colonists with high taxation and a strong military presence. ... The years following 1783, welcomed an America free of British rule and taxation - an isolated America with few enemies and vast natural resources. The Treaty of Paris entitled America to large new land masses as well as rivers and fresh water lakes. ... The next 50 years following the end of the war saw a myriad of American sentiment towards Native Indians. ... Constitution itself did not outright endorse slavery in America moving forward, ther...

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One part of the Spanish conquest of the Americas focused on religion: on their need to convert Native Americans to the one true religion. ... Having the Native Americans do the work that the Spanish settlers didn't want to do. ... This complication in Europe dealing with the religious persecution caused a rise in the population in the Americas, so even though it was a negative impact in Europe, it was a very positive impact in the Americas. ... Both the Spanish and the English had a plan when coming to the Americas. ... It wasn't a mistake that they settled in the Americas with the ...

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For some Latin American Countries, colonial rule was tolerated because the mistreatment of the population was eventually being attributed to an emerging class status system of mixed races of Indian and African slaves and the Spanish. For the other Latin American countries Spain's influence and presence was not welcomed at all. ... The road to the Latin American Revolutions of the 19th century was also varied regionally. The political unrest in the North of South America was centered on the peninsulares, who had come from the Iberian peninsula specifically for the sole purpose of exploitin...

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African Americans were found mainly in the North and South, while Native Americans were sprinkled all over the United States. ... With the large bison population, natives used unique ways to lure and kill them. ... The Native Americans disguised themselves in the image to look like the Americans or the white people. ... In the early eighteenth century slaves made up more than seventy percent of the population in only South Carolina, and those slaves lived on holdings of more than twenty-five (Kolchin, 31). As the eighteenth century went on, slaveholdings became much more important and slaves...

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"Within fifty years of the Spanish arrival, the population of the Taino natives dwindled from some one million people to about two hundred."" ... Most of the population was present in Peru and Mexico, where the majority of silver was produced. The conversion of Native Americans to Christianity often resulted in violence. ... This seems to be the origin of the North American slave system. Soon, fourteen percent of Virginia's population was made up of enslaved blacks. ...

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This subjugation of Africans and the indigenous populations has had dramatic effects on society. ... The church had a dual role in Latin America. ... From an early point in the history of Latin America, the regions have enjoyed a certain level of autonomy. ... As stated earlier, the Latin American economies were based on mining and agriculture. ... During the nineteenth century, many Latin American countries gained their independence. ...

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Instead it depicts the hard life that came from living in the underdeveloped American Colonies. ... Native Americans The Puritan relationship with the early Americans was tenuous at best and downright vicious at worst. ... The Native Americans, for their part, were equally mystified by the European colonists. ... A "Vale of Plenty": The South The Southern colonists came to America with a distinctly different approach to the American Dream. ... The southerners, like their northern counterparts, made attempts to "educate" the Indian population. ...

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Another impact on both the Native Americans and the Europeans was the sharing of native crops to each other. ... The horse highly effected the lives of the Native Americans by improving their hunting abilities. ... Europeans unknowingly brought with them many diseases that eventually plagues the Native Americans. ... Also, the ill treatment of the Native Americans by the land hungry Europeans virtually wiped out their civilization. ... These crops fed the great increase of population that was occurring in Africa at the time. ...

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Despite only a few minor restrictions, overall there was quite a bit of religious freedom in colonial America. ... Before 1750, American colonists saw reduced government intervention in trade and commerce. ... American manufacturing increased and the cost of American goods increased, making colonial merchants wealthy. The growth of American population created an amplified demand for British goods. As the American economy grew, Americans sought other foreign markets. ...

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The religions of the British North American colonists created a vast sense of harmony among the colonists. ... Soon, their diverse population and great wealth was only surpassed by two colonies, Virginia and Massachusetts. ... In the middle of the seventeenth century, the fast-growing populations of New England settlements were driving people away from the Puritan church. ... It increased the population of American churches, encouraged missionary work, and broke down boundaries to unite shared experiences between all the Americans. ... In conclusion, religion played a main role in the American...

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Through European eyes the Native Americans knew nothing of how to live. ... Indians soon realized that warfare with the Europeans meant a large loss in tribal population. ... More Huron died, until half the population was left. ... Years before, the English had landed on America and founded Jamestown. ... Powhatan's son led the tribe against them in a counter attack, which destroyed a third of the population of Jamestown. ...

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The span between the years 1750 and 1776 were tumultuous times in the history of the American colonies, in which the population of the colonies went from being loyal citizens of the British empire, to having the bond so strained that the colonies broke away violently. ... He was trying to show the need for unity between the colonies, and for them all to the Albany Plan, which would have given America a central government. ...

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Economic worries and religious interests shared the responsibility for the settling of British North America.  "Economic issues, not religion, determined the development of the English colonies in North America." ... This was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. ... This resulted in a major conflict with the American Indians (Powahatan's). The Powahatan's leader, Opechancanough, led an attack against the colonists and wiped out one-fourth of Virginia's settlers' population. ...

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By the mid eighteenth century the population of British America was flourishing, and had risen to approximately one and-a-half million people across thirteen colonies. ... These various Acts were very large contributors to the outbreak, or "need" for the American War of Independence. ... The British, however, established a string of colonies along this stretch of coast, the population of which growing to approximately one million settlers and African slaves. ... The 1760's saw the settlers of the British colonies grow in population, wealth and they were starting to separate themsel...

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A) Believing they had the right from God to expand their territories, the Puritans oftentimes used force to take over the Native American lands in New England. ... This resulted in a steady African population of only 5% in New England from 1650 to 1770 as suggested by the chart of the percentages of Africans and African Americans in the colonies. ... C) Due to the need for slave labor in the plantations in the Chesapeake, the slave population percentage increased steadily from 5% to 40% in only 120 years. ... The east coast of North America was settled by Englishmen of the same ethnicity,...

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Though the conquest was not all a cloud of doom, charters were mandated so that the humane treatment of the indigenous populations was mandated. ... This voyage marked the first time in history that the Americas were colonized and will bring forth a new period in time for the Spanish that would bring them the gold that they were looking for. ... Upon questioning he found that his men were killed because of the mistreatment of the local population. ... The encomienda was an effective charter which was used to enslave the native population and also taking their land. ... However, the reputation...

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What events in Great Britain contributed to the settlement of English colonies in America? There were lots of reasons, which led Great Britain to colonize in America. ... Summarize and assess the arguments presented by Hakluyt (Refer specifically to 1D4) for promoting English colonization in America. ... Even though Indians gave all their got, they still were defeated and the population that once 20,000 was reduced to only a couple of thousands. ...

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Jamaica belongs to a group of islands created by the summits of a submerged mountain range connecting Central America to present day Venezuela. ... The Spanish Occupation (1494-1655) During his second voyage to the Americas, Christopher Columbus learned from the natives of Cuba of an island lying to the south rich with gold. ... Spanish expansion in the New World was centered on the extraction of precious metals, conversion of the indigenous population to Catholicism and obtaining strategic positions to protect Spanish interests. ... Unfortunately, the policies of the Spanish govern...

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Despite Columbus looking up to the Native Americans in this way, he viewed their savage lifestyles as ungodly. ... In an attempt to prevent this from happening, Columbus did everything in his power, including murder and torture, in an attempt to convert Native American's to Christianity. ... Even though Columbus' control of territory in America had nothing to do with Britain, his methods and justifications for this colonization provided an insight about how the British Empire dealt with these same situations. ... Since these types of labor were necessary to the survival of the Empir...

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To be politically correct though, Christopher Columbus brought death and destruction with him to the Americas. ... The population decreased from 1 million to 1,000 in the matter of 100 years from Christopher Columbus" orders. ...

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Understanding that at the time colonization was procured around the spreading of the Christian faith and international trading, many fail to acknowledge his impact on the native populations. ... Due to these diseases bringing about death in obscenely large numbers, the Europeans began importing Africans to labor in the Americas. ...

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For instance, American and physician Samuel Morton (1799-1851) had the largest collection of skulls in his possession. ... Just like the white Americans took advantage of Africans as slaves because of their underdeveloped society. ... Most suggested is the violent behavior in Congo, where the population between 1885 and 1908 were halved from twenty to ten million, which has been classified as one of history's worst genocide. ...

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