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 factors that played key role in extraction, production and transportation of silver in Colonial Spanish America and gold in Colonial Portuguese America gives us an understanding of why and when silver monopolized the European markets and then later declined in value giving gold a boost to become a dominant method of exchange and how it impacted the lives of mine workers. ... Also when the sugar industry...

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In Becoming America, author Jon Butler persuasively argues that the late American colonial period of 1680-1770 was one of monumental change, the end result being an essentially "modern- culture. ... Indeed, Butler paints a picture of a late colonial culture not only radically reshaped by immigration, but essentially the same as modern American culture. ... Butler proves that these characteristics of American culture and the American people have their origins in the late colonial era. ... Likewise, rich plantation owners who leeched off the labor of their slaves came to dominate the southern ...

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Despite these attempts, though, the underlying foundation of colonial ideals remains. The colonial period began with the discovery of Hispanola by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and most Latin American countries gained their independence in the nineteenth century. ... The plantation was the center of the agriculture life. ... The final topic of colonial legacies is politics. ... Politically, Mexico is one of the most provincial and violent countries in Latin America as regions espouse autonomy granted from colonial times. ...

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Horticulture played a crucial role in many Native American cultures and the survival of their people. ... Native Americans suffered 80-90% population losses in most of America with influenza, typhoid, measles, and smallpox taking the greatest toll on them. More developing diseases such as tuberculosis, syphilis, and pneumonia would be compounded by nutritional, sanitation, and labor conditions in colonial America. ... The greatest impact of America on Europe, Asia, and Africa was the spread of American food crops. ... Maize and sugar cane were also significant plantation crops which posit...

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How the democratic success of Costa Rica can be accredited back to colonial times Boasting with confidence, Costa Rica has been known to be one of the most democratic and wealthiest Latin American countries. ... Costa Rica joined the Central American federation, a confederation of the Central American states. ... He established a judicial system, expanded public education, and promoted coffee plantations (Baker 2003). ... Along the railroad, banana plantations were also set up. ... Conflicts were avoided unlike other Central American colonies. ...

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"Before the arrival of the white man, North America was inhabited by a mere 600,000 Indians. ... Gibson, The American Indian, p.9). ... The Native American women were well respected and given plenty of freedom. ... Although few histories of the European settlements in North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have acknowledged it, women played a key role in the development of the North American colonies. ... English settlers, however, refused to acknowledge the Natives' claims to the soil, and their farms and plantations intruded onto Indian women's fields. ...

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The Native Americans and Africans Slaves are two prominent groups seen in the Colonial Era with great influence, difficult challenges, and cultures that shaped the colonies into how we see them today. ... In the Colonial Era, Native Americans had a community with a rich culture that defines them. ... The Native Americans disguised themselves in the image to look like the Americans or the white people. ... Although the white men saw Native Americans a lot differently than themselves, this also happened later on during the Colonial Era with the white man's relationship to their slaves. ... ...

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The success, in contrast, can be noted by the explorations of Christopher Columbus, their large colonial establishments, and their transformation of the world's economy. ... Columbus and his men introduced horses to the Americas and in essence, Native American tribes began incorporating these animals to make them more mobile in hunting and general transportation efforts. ... The conversion of Native Americans to Christianity often resulted in violence. ... This seems to be the origin of the North American slave system. ... The southern colonies were dependent upon their great planta...

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But nevertheless, the right circumstances and sequence of events launched Christopher Columbus into the history books as the "Founder of the New World" and the forerunner of Western civilization in the Americas. ... They enslaved the men and put them to work in gold mines and colonial plantations. ... Christopher Columbus paved the way for the colonization and exploitation of the Americas. He laid the foundation with the blood of millions of Native Americans for the systematic genocide and displacement of the Native Americans that would ensue in the years to come. ... His lust for go...

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