When the European settlers arrived in America, their western way of life completely clashed with Native American culture. ... These two cultures were so contrasting, many Europeans believed that "Indians were animals in human form that needed to be turned fully human by conversion to the Faith" (Castillo 36). ... The Native Americans were often slaughtered by the Europeans, drastically declining their population. ... Unlike the harmony Indians had with the land, the Europeans showed complete disregard for the nature and wildlife. ... The Native Americans lived a peaceful life with a...

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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 treatment of the women in the tribes was foreign to the Europeans. ... The first European outposts (St. ... In other colonies, however, the absence of European women meant that migrants had great difficulty sustaining their societies. ... For Native American women, the arrival of Europeans was devastating to their culture and society. ... Europeans also encouraged Native women to adopt "proper" (i.e., European) gender roles by confining their activities to cooking, child care, and other "feminine" tasks such as spinning, rather than continuing to work in the fields. ...

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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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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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Some may argue that with a deeper effort of understanding, especially on the behalf of the Europeans, and a greater attempt to peacefully meld the two cultures, that such great hostility could have been avoided. However, at the root of the problem was this: two vastly different cultures with incredibly different ideals and ambitions. ... Firstly, one must consider the culture and social structure of the Native Americans before they came into contact with the Europeans. ... Though it is not difficult to see that the Europeans were definitely intruders into the Native Americans' thriving, p...

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The colonization of their new empires by Spaniards and Portuguese transformed the lives of indigenous people in ways unknown to them, destroying their cities and cultures through wars or by epidemic diseases and ruthlessly exploiting the natives as slaves. The Europeans also faced serious challenges because of land blockades by mountains and jungles, language barrier, native resistance and labor challenges. ... As the colonial Spanish empire expanded, the deposits of gold found in Columbia, Ecuador and Chile between 1500 and 1650 was sent to Europe to satiate the royal treasuries. ... Many tho...

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However, one thing that I don't like in this article is that he said that we should honor Western civilization because we might have European ancestors. ... He seems to show that one culture is not a dominance and every culture has their value in it. ... Besides, I think not all Americans are from Europe, some are from Africa, Asia, South American, and many more, which Takaki will agree with me since he himself is an Asian American. Even Berliner is not a true American, I think his ancestors were from Europe. ... Therefore I developed some kind of international cultures, where I've s...

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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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Indian tribes existed as sovereign governments long before European settlers arrived in North America. Treaties signed with European nations and later the United States in exchange for land guaranteed the tribes continued recognition and treatment as sovereign nations. ... European colonialism uprooted and almost completely destroyed the North American indigenous population. ... The alteration or destruction of an indigenous culture and patterns of social organization is Aguirre & Turner second stage of the colonization complex. ... The belief that European culture, religion, manifest destiny ...

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Also, the Europeans did not have an easy voyage coming to America. The ship rides were lengthy and emotionally draining for the Europeans. ... However, problems began to surface once the Europeans started settling in. ... In addition, a scandal between a man known as John Smith and a chief's daughter named Pocahontas brewed within the two different cultures. ... The Europeans took life very seriously and became obsessed with the pleasing God. ...

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In the next five hundred years, due to European settlement, many of the tribes were destroyed or threatened by disease, war, and government policies. ... The destruction of these tribes means not only the demise of lives but also the demise of a culture. ... The distinctions among Natives resemble that of the European distinction between myth and folktale. ... In most of his works he tried to bring Indian and white cultures together. ... It was published in 1932 and described his childhood, Acoma culture and beliefs. ...

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Although it must be acknowledged that language and culture alone do not constitute an ethnic group, they do provide a framework from which a common identity can be derived, thus in defining the largest ethnolinguistic categories in Angola, language and cultural background will be analyzed. ... Multiple sources discussed the three largest indigenous ethnolinguistic categories in addition to Europeans and mesticos (individuals who are of Native African and European decent). ... The composition of Europeans is 1% and the composition of mesticos is 2%. ... In an effort to avoid an embrace of th...

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As European civilization spread across the Americas, native population decreased. ... After Columbus, other Europeans came to the New World. ... Most often, however, the Europeans came with the intention to build a house, they wanted to farm. At first, the Native Americans were happy to share the ground with the Europeans. Europeans thought that the majority of new lands were free. ...

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Those people were our ancestors from Africa, and after their evolution they travel from Siberia to North American through out the Bering Bridge Land and those people were the people who started the Clovis culture, the first inhabitants of North American. ... The first people who crossed the Bering land bridge to migrate to North America were known as "Clovis People", which were the name archaeologists given to the earliest human culture in the North American continent. ... Additional evidence of the first inhabitants of North America came directly form Siberia and not directly fr...

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Caribbean cuisine is a very unique type of cuisine, it consists of 7 different types of cuisines and cultures. It has a history from African, African, Amerindian, European, Eastern Indian, Arab, And Chinese cultures and cuisines that had started when Christopher Columbus started exploring the global. ... During the spice trade European country's also explored the island bringing oranges, limes, mangoes, rice, and coffee to the Caribbean. ... The native Indians had many food products before the Spanish and Europeans came over to explore the Islands. ...

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Racial superiority reified and assimilated into folk culture because of American racial ideologies in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ... Racial superiority reified and assimilated into folk culture because enviable traits such as progress and empire building became associated with the term. The idea of pure white people and culture was one of the major socioculutral themes to blossom on the American continent. ... The removal of America's indigenous people invoked a feeling of remorse and guilt among the intruders, among the European invaders, among the whites. ... This...

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Water was a precious natural resource in this culture. ... The Northwest Culture depended on the forests for their shelter. ... The Indians in this culture were well known for their baskets. Indians from the Southwest culture would come north to trade for the baskets. ... The Iroquois Indians lived in the Northeastern part of the Woodland Culture. ...

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Paton describes the two main cultures of South Africa, Natives and European, in order to bring out the degradation that has occurred within society. ... There is a gap in social status between the European and Natives. The Europeans are dominant in society and they take advantage of the Natives. ... The natives work as slaves in order to gain immense wealth for the Europeans. ...

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This is because Columbus had set up permanent two-way commerce between Europe and the "New World." ... He also sent large shipments of these people to Europe as slaves, thus beginning the pattern of transatlantic slave trade. Others followed his example, shipping Natives from various parts of North America both to Europe and to the Caribbean. ... Furthermore, many diseases were brought to America from Columbus's expedition and other European settlers. ... The habit of white dominance over African-Americans which became so integrated into American society during the centuries of slavery re...

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Clovis culture consisted of big game hunters with mongoloid features who created distinct spear points capable of piercing armor. ... Most migration occurs laterally because weather variance is less dramatic and in the short time of 1,000 years (50 generations), cultures would not have been able to adapt from the cold climate to the temperate regions so quickly. ... Another theory that has embroiled scientists in a bitter conflict and has revolutionized paleo-anthropology, is that the first Americans were not only from Mongoloid descent, but crowded the new world from different places like Eas...

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From gun-toting woodsmen to arrow-slinging Indians, Cooper's use of broad stereotypes indicates he may have had a hand in creating an anti-Native American culture. ... The book seems to take a clear pro-Native American stance in terms of the preservation of their people and culture, but the warring between Native American tribes, and the decimation not being at the hands of the colonists confuses the message. This clearly contrasts with historical fact, which tends to put the blame completely upon European settlers. ... Unfortunately, Cooper's readers have demanded no credentials of ...

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In order to fit in one must portray the characteristics of having power, having European ancestry (Caucasian race), have a passion for sport or being a dominant male. ... Charlie's superior intellectual skills and his understanding of situations is abnormal to the anti-intellectual culture in Corrigan. ... He is immediately turned down because of his Vietnamese culture. ...

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(Bailey) This impression upon the Native American people in the New World, although not optimistic, shaped and limited cultures for thousands of years. ... The flow of gold and silver raised consumer costs in Europe and created a base towards the modern commercial banking system. ... From California and Florida to Tierra del Fuego, the Spanish empire influenced a large array of cultures and formed the defining ways of their existences. ...

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