colonial history part2by jiawen xu 3/26/12

one reason many european countries colonized other lands and people is because many european countries were running out of natural resources

in europe by the 1500's and on,there was much deforestation and poverty,and the population was becoming too great for the land and government to handle

by colonizing the americas,for example,english,french,portuguese,and spanish colonists were able to have new lands and opportunities,but the in the process millions of native americans were killed,enslaved,intermarried,or forced to forced to leave their land

indeed,the european colonization of the americas was perhaps the bloodiest and most horrific time in human history

besides the genocide of native americans,european colonists brought africa n slaves to the americas to work,especially after finding out that native americans would just die in slavery

image this:men,who you've never seen before,come to your house and your neighbors house and they all have as much weapons as they can carry.

then they start killing or enslaving you,your family,and your neighbors.

and you and your family and your neighbors fight back but are crushed by the men's superior weapons.

and soon,you and most ofyour family and you neighbors are gone-killed,enslaved,intermarried,or forced to live somewhere else.

this is what colonialism is:it is death,it is slavery,it is the end of one group and the expansion of annother group.