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    COURSE: NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS CODE: DIR 413 QUESTION: ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN COLONIZATION ON AFRICA’S SOCIAL‚ ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SYSTEM INTRODUCTION During the colonization of Africa‚ which was at it’s peak in the 18th and 19th century‚ the European powers of the time indulged in activities that changed and still continues to have multiple effects on the continent By 1875 European possessions in Africa consisted of some forts and trading posts along the coast and a

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    inequality‚ poverty‚ and lack of capital flow. They see globalization as a success because substantial economic growth and increase in trade can be seen throughout Latin America. However‚ others believe that the negative

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    10-3 BSGE Humanities April 14‚ 2011 The Colonization of India The colonization of India was very slow and very subtle. Europe’s first contacts in India were made initially by the Portuguese. The Portuguese traveled there by sea and took over Indian trade and commerce. In 1492 a Papal Bull was declared‚ allowing

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    and political relations between the Native Americans and the Europeans had begun with much tension. Many Europeans came to the Americas with the intention of discovery. However‚ when it became apparent that these new lands were inhibited the motives changed‚ and then the natives were colonized‚ abused‚ and in many cases killed. From then and throughout the impending periods of time‚ the relations between the natives and the Europeans had a few points of mutual peacefulness‚ but were overall negative

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    I. Brief Discussion of Spaniards Colonization In the 16th century‚ Ferdinand Magellan‚ captain of the first expedition to circumnavigate the world‚ came to the Philippines. Magellan landed in an island recently called Limasawa and he introduced Christianity to the native people in the island. Many years later‚ other expeditions followed as Spain sought to establish trade routes across the Pacific. The first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established on Cebu. The Philippines was Spain’s

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    Philippines’ Colonization Maurice Deborah S. Tolentino English PACE 1132 July 17‚ 2013

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    The Tempest Colonization

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    The Tempest‚ a theatrical piece by William Shakespeare‚ was made in the age of expansion. This is evident in the play‚ as there are many instances in which colonization is apparent. Prospero embodies the role of “the colonizer” in the Tempest because of his abuseful‚ controlling and demeaning relationship with the non-European inhabitant of the island he was exiled to. This is evident because he changes the way Caliban acts when he first arrives to the island and treats him like he is lesser than

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    century Europe had colonized Africa. The Europeans had many reason for why they wanted to colonize Africa. They were generally all political and economic reasons. It was easy for Europeans to colonize and take over Africa because slave trade had made the Europeans believe that Africans were inferior to them. This was in fact the justification for the Europeans to have such an imperialistic way of thinking. Between the 1870s and 1900‚ Africa faced European imperialist aggression‚ diplomatic pressures

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    First experience of the United States at colonization. It was never the stated intention of America to colonize the Philippines forever “the Philippines are ours not to exploit‚ but to develop and civilize‚ to educate‚ to train in the science of self – government” President McKinley US congress (1899) Objectives: To pursue a manifest destiny for America as world power; To use the Philippines as a source of raw materials for U.S industries and as the market for U.S manufactured

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    Although they were not the first Europeans in the Philippines‚ the first well documented arrival of western Europeans in the archipelago was the Spanish expedition led by Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan‚ which first sighted the mountains of Samar at dawn on 16 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ making landfall the following day at the small‚ uninhabited island of Homonhon at the mouth of the Leyte Gulf.[1] Magellan had abandoned his Portuguese citizenship and became a Spanish subject prior to his contract

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