They believed that they had a right to pretty much anything that they could get their hands on. In their view, God had gifted to them the land and peoples of the Americas. As a result, the mineral and metal wealth of Andean mountain mines, the fertile grounds and crops of the Caribbean, the vast populations of Mexico, and the incredible fisheries around New England were all things that the Europeans had a right to exploit and benefit from, regardless of the cost to the indigenous peoples.
Europeans, after columbuses discovery. europeans then (in late 1600s) introduced the africans into the Americas as slaves
The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
Some people refer to the time before Europeans arrived in the Americas as Pre-Colonial days. The Europeans went through a period of Renaissance before the Colonists first came to the Americas.
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when the europeans first came to the Americas they brought diseases which the native Americans weren't immuned to. therefore they died and the europeans had no one to work and farm the lands. they knew that africans had immunity so they enslaved them and brought them to the Americas. another reason native Americans died was because the europeans had guns and were in constant warfare with them.
to trade and claim land
to trade and claim land
to trade and claim land
EXCEPT FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, THE AMERICAS ARE POPULATED BY EUROPEANS
Europeans, after columbuses discovery. europeans then (in late 1600s) introduced the africans into the Americas as slaves
Because the Conquistadors brought the first modern horses to America. The horses that were native to the Americas were extinct by the time Europeans got here.
europeans
The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
The offspring of Africans and Europeans in the Americas are commonly referred to as Creoles or Mulattos.
Europeans brought civilization to the americas
smallpox
Some people refer to the time before Europeans arrived in the Americas as Pre-Colonial days. The Europeans went through a period of Renaissance before the Colonists first came to the Americas.