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The expansion of colonies in the Americas and the loss of millions of Native Americans to disease and mistreatment led European colonists to purchase what?
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corn from the Native Americans for food.
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The first person to sail the Americas?
It was Native Americans.
What was the nation that lead the way for European expansion into the Americas?
Portugal led the way to European expansion, mainly because of its advancement in the making of ships and maps.
What are complex interactions between peoples and environments started by European colonists in the Americas?
columbian exchange
How did European expansion affect global trade networks in the 15th through 18th centuries?
Europeans established trade networks between Europe and the Americas.
Which animal introduced to the Americas during the Columbian exchange had the biggest impact on native Americans?
the horse
Why were the Americans called colonists?
Because at the start 'The Americas' were a colony of Great Britain.
Why did the colonists call themselves Americans?
The Colonist called themselfs Americans because they were independent from Britain when they signed The Declaration of Independence. Actually they were called americans because they were colonized in the Americas
How did the mistreatment and death of native Americans affect the people of Africa?
Well...think about it...if all the native Americans are mistreated and they die off, who is left to do the labor for the europeans in the Americas? The answer is no one. Therefore, Europeans had to start getting slaves from Africa b/c of the lack of healthy and working natives.
Where did French colonists in the Americas settle?
Louisiana
Who was Americas 1st settlers?
Americas first settlers were native Americans.
Americans fought the war because of unfair taxes?
Actually American colonists paid considerably less in tax than people in England did. The real issue was the lack of representation for American concerns in the British government. When the British refused to give the Americas colonists representation the Americans' decided they had to beocome independent and take care of themselves.
Why did the colonists go to the Americas?
For religion and economic freedom from Europe
Did colonists cross Land bridges to get to America?
Not the pilgrim colonists; they came over on boats, after Columbus had "discovered" the Americas.
Who were the people who brought to the Americas against their will and forced to work for the colonists?
Africans.
Why did the king of England get the colonists to pay the taxes?
it was his charter to the Americas he has the right
Peoples brought to the Americas against their will and forced to work for the colonists?
aficans
How did the colonists find forced laborers to replace the Native Americans whose populations were devastated by disease?
The colonists initially tried to enslave Native Americans, but their populations were greatly reduced due to diseases brought by the Europeans. As a result, the colonists turned to Africa for a new source of forced laborers. They established the transatlantic slave trade, capturing and transporting millions of enslaved Africans to the Americas to work on plantations and in other industries.
