With each effort to resist the Europeans" constant encroachment into Native lands, there was greater consequence to follow. ... Jacques Cartier and his exploration party discovered the abundance of fur product in the Indian territory, and spawned the fur trade with the French. ... Unfortunately a critical problem arose among the French and the Huron. By 1638 there were many French missionaries present in Huron villages preaching Christianity. ... The greatest weapon, disease, passively affected a biological war on the Indians, which shattered their numbers. ...

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Another major event that helped determine that American values were left untouched was the French Indian War. In essence, the French and Indian War altered the relationships between Britain and the American colonies. ... The French and Indian War was the first time that the colonist became united as a nation being able to fight a major power in the world and win. The sense of isolationism that was present in the decades before the French and Indian War showed American that they could things on their own with out having the mother country run their lives. Once the French and Indian war was ove...

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One example of ethnic cleavage which can be traced directly to colonial foundations is that of the African/Asian (Indian) divide in Kenya and Uganda. ... Another consequence of inheriting the colonial state is the diversion of resources to maintaining the integrity of these states post-independence. ... Arguably though, the development of some military personnel and infrastructure for colonial benefit(also a pool of manpower for extraterritorial wars, such as the French in IndoChina) provided a potent enough springboard for the military to play a role in post-independence affairs. ... In the F...

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