Hispaniola was primarily colonized by Spain and France. Spain was the first to establish a settlement on the island in the late 15th century, claiming the eastern part, which is now the Dominican Republic. France later took control of the western part, known as Saint-Domingue, in the 17th century. This division of the island between the two nations laid the groundwork for the cultural and political landscape that exists today.
India was colonized by Great Britain and the Americas were colonized by various European nations such as Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain.
It was colonized because there was a lot of gold and diamonds in Africa
Still called Hispaniola, the island is shared by 2 nations- Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
false Most European nations have one dominant culture.
World War II significantly weakened European empires, exposing the fragility of colonial rule as nationalist movements gained momentum in colonized regions. The war devastated European economies and shifted global power dynamics, particularly with the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers, both advocating for decolonization. As a result, many nations in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean achieved independence in the post-war years, leading to the rapid dismantling of colonial empires. Overall, the war accelerated the decline of European dominance and facilitated the rise of new nations.
they had smaller populations.
European nations often viewed colonized people as inferior to Europeans.
no
Almost all the African countries were colonized by European nations. Liberia and Ethiopia were the only countries that were not colonized.
Most of the countries south of the Sahara
The majority of nations that were colonized were done so by European Nations. The UK and France stand out as the two countries that had colonized a huge portion of the developing world.
France in 1674. Annexation see-sawed between the English and the French (and Sweden for 13 months) until the Treaty of Vienna was signed in 1851, acknowledging the sovereignty of the French over Guadeloupe.
European nations colonized Africa in the 19th century because of it's wealth of natural resources. Africa had a great amount of petroleum, lead, tin, copper and precious gems. Africa was a source of economic growth for the European countries.
Because two European nations "colonized" Canada - the English and the French.
an island in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, divided into the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. After its European discovery by Columbus in 1492, Hispaniola was colonized by the Spaniards, who ceded the western part (now Haiti) to France in 1697.
industrialized western European nations
Most of the continent of Africa had been colonized by the year 1900. The African colonization was one by 7 European nations.