European colonization essay

Harold Larrabee in his essay "The Enemies of Empire" poses many difficult, thought provoking questions regarding colonization. After reading the discussion of American colonization presented in the book "The American People: Creating a Nation and Society" the ambiguities of the situation become more apparent.

Overall, the primary effects of colonization of the Americas by Europe were economic, religious, and pathological. New economic systems and imports generated extreme revenue for Europe while subjugating and enslaving the natives. In addition, all of the European trades were introduced to the New World.

This process in global expansion begun in the fifteenth century but the process gathered speed in the nineteenth century. Latin America, the seaports of Asia were the first to be colonized by Europeans with Africa being the last continent to be colonized by European colonialists.

The European Colonization of the Americas was a tragedy because, the Native Americans were living a peaceful life and the arrival of Europeans has led to the devastation of indigenous communities through diseases, violence and dispossession. The most harmful consequences of the European Settlement to the Native Americans was the transfer