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. ... And to obtain the greatest amount of wealth possible it was necessary to mine the metals as well as war, steal, and trade in order to secure your wealth and class position. ... In the Requerimiento authored and applied in 1514 by King Charles I of Spain, it was written if the Indians did not comply to the demands placed upon them that " we will enter your ...

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The settlers that came afterwards didn't have it much better, lack of land, the threat of Indian attacks, and the explosive situation with the French, made it hard for the settlers to build a life for themselves. ... Rice became a major good for exportation reaching 80 million pounds by the time the revolutionary war began. ... The land was very harsh however to those who came after most of the land had been taken up the only land that was available was controlled by the French, and Indians or it was fallow, and wouldn't grow fertile crops. ...

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They were not Christian Indians and lived as whites at Ghadenhutten. ... When the French and English War started they tried to stay natural but then became a French-Indian warrior and were out to kill whites, while the Iroguois sided with the English. ... By the end of1763, no white or Indian men remained alive in Wyoming Valley. ... He was known as the most Indian killer. ... When the French surrendered in 1763 but that didn't stop Tom from wanting revenge. ...

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This triangular trade produced much wealth for the Spanish as well as the English, Dutch, French and Portuguese. ... The French and English also began building forts to protect their own holdings from each other. The Seven Years" War, or the French and Indian War as it is known in America, was an attempt by the French and English to strengthen their own positions on three separate continents. ... Today America is the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth and is about to enter into war. ...

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Portuguese, Dutch, British, Spanish and French traders all took part in the slave trade. ... Slavery took place in the mid 1800's (World Book,21) and before and during the civil war (Compton's, 7). ... The African's helped cultivate land and fought with native American's in the Seminole Indian wars. ...

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