1. The most significant change to Europeans and Native Americans both were disease. Disease from both cultures, each had their own effects on the other but no matter what the effects the diseases devastated both populations, none more than the native Americans. When the Europeans first arrived t...

Back in early African history, Europeans colonized and infiltrated African civilizations in order to make a profit and to be known as a superior nation. By doing this, European colonists "messed up" the traditional African lifestyle. African's were willing to let the colonists joi...

In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on the shores of the Caribbean and claimed the new land in the names of Spain and God. From then on, the world was changed forever in the sense that there was a whole New World to conquer. Conquistadors like Cortez and Pizarro then followed and claimed entire ne...

Father Gabriel is a Jesuit priest who enters the South American rainforest with the intention of building a Christian mission. His challenging task is the conversion of a small tribe of native Amazon Indians called the Guarani. Gaining their trust, Father Gabriel is able to teach his new friends abo...

Europeans governments and businessmen stopped at nothing to ensure their economic success, they committed genocide plus ethnocide. The main reason Europe hurried to the new land was for resources and land which is money. Money was the center to the madness. In every battle between the natives and th...

A Land Changed by All Upon reading Changes in the Land, you can see that William Cronon is trying to let the reader know that the deforestation that has occurred in New England is not and cannot be only the cause of the Colonists who landed there. Cronon said himself that his purpose through...

Changes in the Land Changes in the Land by William Cronon examines the ecological transformation that occurred in early New England during the shift from Indian to European dominance. In this persuasive interpretation of the varying circumstances in New England's plant and animal population Cr...

The multifaceted nature of African Perspectives on Colonialism by A. Adu Boahen is one of its greatest strengths as a historical overview. Boahen analyzes 19th and 20th century colonialism from a variety of African and European national's perspectives. He examines the influence of the slave ...

Early Canadian writers, Catherine Parr Traill and Susana Moodie are distinct individuals offering entirely different approaches to writing. Traill's The Backwoods of Canada and Moodie's Roughing it in the Bush reflect these stylistic differences. Although their methods and approach dif...

Death and the Kings Horseman takes place during the annexation of African countries by the British among other European countries. The contest for African countries in the 1880's and 90's was jump started with the annexation of Egypt by the English in 1882. Soon after the annexation of Egy...

A Cultural Approach The cultural and developmental aspects of American history in the 17th and 18th centuries are certainly among the most important and influential factors in the shaping of this country's long and storied history. Historiographically speaking, there are undoubtedly thousands ...

1.1 ENGLISH - 48%. They settled in Urban and Rural areas. They were blacksmiths, carpenters, merchants, stonecutters, ministers, lawyers, and doctors.1.2 SCOTS - 11.2%. They settled in Pennsylvania at 1st and in the mid 1700's they moved southwest toward the mountain valleys of the Appalachians. The...

Since the 16th century, the British colonization of Ireland has been a central problem in Irish history. Colonialism has been defined as the direct polical control of one country or society by another country. COlonialism, religion are the life forces of Irish history. Colonialism is a system of ...

At first glance of the current Buenos Aires, one would pre-conclude that the population is purely white or of European ancestry. However, after reading the book authored by George Reid Andrews, one would think otherwise.As the author noted in his book, the population of the Afro-Argentines who obvi...

Throughout history, there have been invasions and occupations of countries. Starting with Alexander the Great, the idea came about that with land comes to power. The mid-1800s brought about a resurgence of countries, mainly France and England, wanting more land. But unlike the past 400 years where t...

Warfare: An American Dynasty What is an American? Furthermore, what makes an early American? Early Americans included, obviously, people of British decent that traveled here to colonize and start what we now know as America. But also, the term early American refers to French and Spanish colonist...

De-colonization began with the British colonists in the United States who declared independence in 1776. Most of Latin America gained independence a few decades later. De-colonization continued through the mid-1970s, mostly in Asia and Africa, until almost no European colonies remained. Most of the ...

An American Nationality AwakensIn the book, Out of Our Past, by Carl N. Degler, Degler states that by the eve of the American Revolution a "distinctly American" nationality had emerged, driving a wedge between Britain and her American Colonies. Since the two were so many miles away from each other, ...

Imperialism, or empire building, is where a more powerful country dominates a weaker, either by economic, political, and/or religious means. Global expansion in Europe initially began in the fifteenth century, but the process greatly accelerated in the mid-to late nineteenth century. European civil...

Christopher Columbus, (Christóbal Colón), was originally believed to be the son of a Genoese weaver who grew up in poverty and rose to a position of honor in Renaissance society. Recent discoveries about Columbus's life lead us to believe that he was not Italian but rather from Barcel...

What are the advantages and disadvantages of indirect rule of colonies? Indirect rule was a system of governing newly acquired colonies that incorporated the cooperation of local political figures. This system was only possible when the local figures would cooperate. If they would not, a differe...

Throughout history, nothing has been more devastating and as destructive as war. Poverty, pain, depression, isolation, starvation and death have been some primary consequences. World War I is an example of these consequences. Although one can say that there were many causes of the war such as Na...

The second French colonial empire lasted from late 1800s until the 1960s and included Northern Africa, a large part of Western and Central Africa, Indochina and a number of islands all over the world. The existence of its colonial empire was an immense help to France in World War II when her coloni...

The Tale of Two Colonies North America was first discovered by European country in the late 1400's. A little over 100 years later two men by the names of John Smith, leader of the Jamestown settlement, and William Bradford, the Governor of the Plymouth, decided to adventure cross the Atlantic ...

The aggregate of past events or human affairs can sometimes also affect the future of the people. Native Americans have suffered greatly due to the introduction of a special drink Alcohol has played a major cultural role since the beginning of American history. By destroying the lives of Natives,...