Throughout the sixteenth century, expanding boundaries was an extremely prominent part of European culture. ... Slaves brought all of their culture, traditions, and skills to America with them and this changed the economic and social structures of the New World. ... Before European Expansion, European cultures had used the term "savage" when describing people who speak a different language, or have a different race, mostly anyone not living within a Christian civilization. ... European Expansion elevated the European world and helped them advance as a civilization. ... European Expan...

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It is easier to recognize the impact Europeans had on Native peoples because many of the changes that they imposed still exist today, and most indigenous cultures have been exterminated. However, not to say that native peoples of North and South America did not influence Europeans. ... This excited many European nations and provoked them to take action to claim their own fortunes. ... Beyond the scopes of politics and economics native peoples influenced European diets, habits and cultures. ... Soon after explores returned with new foods and products, such as tobacco to Europe, Europeans gr...

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Dependence, is what Europe created, forcing in one way or another that new land to look to Europe for it's economical answer. ... When the Spanish / Europe concord the America's, they created colonies of mono culture , making them depended on one product , be it gold, sugar cane, silver , etc. 3 Once they are no longer under Spanish rule , they being to struggle economically and compete with one another to be the number one trader with countries in Europe, later on until the present time, with it's nearby neighbor , the United States . ... This is an aspect were we ...

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Resulting in an imposed foreign culture upon the already established civilizations that existed before their arrival. ... Unfortunately for them, the Europeans cared little about the culture they would be obliterating, and cared more about their own ulterior motives. ... European economic aspects which made Latin America have a great dependency towards them. ... There was a strong forgein culture that was imposed on a already running government. ... These imposed ideas left the continent weak and resulted in the loss of culture, the dependence on European countries, and a long standing ethnic ...

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The Columbian Exchange implemented many new things that have forever changed both the culture of the Amerindians and the Europeans. ... The introduction of European livestock had a dramatic impact on the environments and the cultures of the New World. ... Even in centers of European settlement, individual Amerindians, turned European animals to their own advantage by becoming muleteers, cowboys, and sheepherders. ... The horse revolutionized the cultures of Araucanian and Pampas peoples in South America as well. ... Syphilis is the only significant disease believed to be transferred from the...

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What were the varying motivations of European countries in regards to their expansion into the New World?  ... In 1400s, merchants had brought many goods to Europe from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. ... European countries were mainly interested in spices from Asia. ... " European countries promptly rushed to allege lands in the Americas. ... They spread Spain's culture by colonizing the New World, frequently at their expense. ...

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This new found source of income that Europe had found in the Americas might have arguably helped Asia out more than it did Europe. Frank suggests that the money that found its way from the Americas through Europe and to Asia, did more to stimulate production and support population growth in Asia than in Europe (Frank164). ... In that same amount of time Europe increases only half that number (Frank 168). ... Frank argues that discoveries where a thing that went both ways and that each culture learned from one another to improve on the others idea (Frank 204). ... However the Industrial Rev...

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During his travels in Europe he discovers that the limitations that he was bounded by in America were no longer prevalent in European society. ... In Europe (The old world), Artists are looked upon more favorable than in America. "The American writer, in Europe, is released, first of all, from the necessity of apologizing for himself. ... (Baldwin 42) Baldwin found him self more fascinated with the simple life of Europe and its citizens. ... These experiences and encounters fuelled his desire to explore more of the culture and its people. ...

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The Comparison The American culture and the Swedish culture are very different from different angles. To begin with, the two cultures differ largely because the Swedish culture is very collective and supportive while the American culture is individualistic. ... For instance, as much they are pressured to join the European Union the Swedes are always against this. ... They are easily influenced by other cultures as their culture is too much open to allow new traditions. ... When it comes to influence the American culture strongly influences the Swedish culture. ...

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Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean in 1492, helped to influence new cultures, beliefs and lifestyles; this originated the Columbian Exchange. ... Another big culture change during the Columbian Exchange was the socio-cultural traditions. American Indians integrated the European cultures into their traditions and vice-versa. ... Over the developing years, the Americas gave Europe influence over other cultures and civilizations in the world. ... They would also exploit the wilderness and destroy indigenous cultures of Native Americans, sometimes converting them to Christianity....

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These staples when exported to Europe enriched the European's diet and brought their declining population to new heights. The Europeans in turn introduced wheat, rice, sugar and bananas. ... The Europeans also introduced domesticated animals to the Native Americans. ... The cultures also exchanged ideas and methodology on religious beliefs, transportation, production and agriculture. ... The exchange of various plants, animals, goods, ideas and people fostered trade and offered experiences for enrichment of all cultures involved. ...

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While some European immigrant groups lacked adequate numbers to avoid English assimilation (the Huguenots), others came to America in sufficient numbers to retain a unique ethnic identity that would impact American culture as a whole. ... The only two European immigrant groups that remained isolated were the Germans and the Jews "the Germans being feared because their massive numbers and different language posed a threat to the dominance of the nascent pseudo-English culture, and the Jews being excluded because of their faith. ... Yet the experience of African slaves and the Native Americ...

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Horticulture played a crucial role in many Native American cultures and the survival of their people. ... On the other hand, the European's were busy exploring the world, advancing in technology, and spreading their religious beliefs. ... Another contrast of the two cultures was the ecology and its species. ... Turkeys, llamas, alpacas, and guinea pigs are a few of the animals introduced to European lands from the Americas. The greatest impact of America on Europe, Asia, and Africa was the spread of American food crops. ...

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When you look at a Native American`s life, you can see very clearly that culture is a huge part of their life. ... Since the Europeans came in to America, the natives have been being treated as the inferior race. The Europeans started to control us and what we do. ... When the Europeans took children from the tribes it didn't just take them from their parents, it took them away from the language and culture. ... It was just another piece of Native culture that the Europeans took from us. ...

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Monroe also stated that the U.S. would stay out of European affairs. ... They began to recognize that they had the beginning of their own unique culture. ... Americans began to dress less like Europeans. ... Americans ate meat daily while most Europeans ate meat only once a week. This development of a distinct American culture further unified the country. ...

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This study alters what we thought of the Americas before Europeans arrived and even challenges things school has taught students for years. ... Firstly, the main theme of 1491 is that racism, language barriers, and European superiority complexes are what has hindered us from truly learning about Native Americans and their cultures. For example, Europeans believed that they were the superior race, no doubt because of the social darwinism theory, and therefore their culture was "civilized.... An interesting fact 1491 covered was that Native Americans had actually been transforming the land ...

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Several products that were either unknown to Europeans (like tobacco), or occupied a luxury niche in pre-expansion European tastes (like gold or sugar), now fell within the capacity of Europeans to produce more abundantly. ... As this suggests, European domination of Amerindians was complete. Indeed, from the European perspective it was much too complete. ... That this option was never seriously considered suggests a European inability to enslave other Europeans. ... The major cause was a dissonance in African and European ideas of eligibility for enslavement at the root of which lies cultu...

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From the late eighteenth century commentators began to associate The Tempest's plot, language and characters with Europe's exploration and colonization of America. ... The trend toward an American-focused interpretation of The Tempest was inspired by a concurrent culture and political rapprochment between England and the United States. ... He was not evil by nature, they argued, but he acquired the European's vices rather than virtues. ... Caliban was no longer just an American Indian, he also became the reflections of the African slave and the European wild man; or the blend if...

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He was committing a terrible sin by doing this though, destroying numerous tribes and tearing apart their cultures and families. ... He was accepted and picked up their lifestyle and culture, as well as the language in which they spoke. ... The whole mission went to war under his command to resist the Portuguese, but fell at the hands of the advanced European technology. ... The movie is very factual and represents the harsh treatments of Europeans to make money and increase imperialism as well as the protection and caring of for the natives and their culture. ...

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Our unique history and heritage came about through the ideas and culture of the many immigrants who came to this country. ... They became shipping merchants to transport goods back and forth from between Europe and America. ... The final reason that worked to the discovery of the unique heritage of the United States of America was the different ethnic diversity of our American culture. ... They are just some of the many cultures and groups of people that came together to make up our "American" heritage. ... The colonist were European in character, but they were distinct...

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Without the exploration of the Americas, Europe would have never expanded, and they would have never found gold and riches to supply their needy economy. The finding of "the new world" made many severe changes in both Europe and the Americas. ... The Indians generously welcomed the Europeans because of their religious legend that some day men white men on horses would show them a new and better way of life. ... The local people of Europe were curious of the Americas because many explorers told exaggerated tales about how interesting "The New World" was. ... Because of all of this harsh treat...

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The reason the terrorist attacked the United States on September 11 is due to the imperialistic influence of American culture, politics and beliefs upon the people of the world which have poisoned and destroyed other countries cultures and governments. ... The United States has applied its imperialistic influence upon the people of the world directly and indirect by the overwhelming influence of American culture and beliefs that are applied though United States films, movies and books. The American culture and beliefs have been taking over other countries own cultures and their beliefs. .....

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While a portion of the Latin American population consists of Spanish-speaking people of Iberian descent, more than five other different nationalities (including European ones) are also represented in this demographic. ... Palacios also posited some unsupported arguments that the West was on its way to decline, and that Latin America should go off and create its own race and stop focusing on trying to mimic Europe's societies... They both saw the Latin American culture as playing a prospectively huge role in the scheme of the world. They stressed the importance of finding a commonality ...

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Although the Taino does not exist here on earth any more, recent research had found that DNA could possibly be found in Dominicans with African or European features, Mann describes them to be coded legacies of the Columbian Exchange. ... Because of the Homogenocene Era, America is a mixture of multiple unique cultures and customs. ... An example of a new bacteria brought back to Europe was Phytophthora infestans meaning "vexing plant destroyer," this bacteria essentially put a pause to Europe's mass production of potatoes in 1845, when a ship unknowingly transported contaminate...

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European slavers altered the way that different African people viewed one another and themselves. ... In the beginning, there was a trade between Europeans and African leaders who sold their enemies and disabled people in exchange for unique gifts such as guns, tobacco, iron bars and etc. ... From their cultures they brought many important concepts about religion, traditions and music. ... The Yoruba people used their beliefs to spread among the people of other ethnicities, and infusing their traditional religion with the European religions. ... During the enslavement years, Africans d...

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