- 1. Colonial History Notes, Part 2Analine
HernandezCulture&GeographyMr.Meza Period: 5March 27,2012
2. Define:Genocide: The deliberate killing of a largegroup,
those of a particular ethnic group ornation.Natural Resources:
Materials or substancesuch as minerals, forests, water, &
fertile landthat occur in nature and can be used foreconomic gain.
3. One reason many European countriescolonized other lands and
peoples is becausemany European countries were running out
ofnatural resources. 4. In Europe by the 1500s and on, there
wasmuch deforestation and poverty, and thepopulation was becoming
too great for the landand government to handle. 5. By colonizing
the Americas, for example,English, French, Portuguese, and
Spanishcolonists were able to have new lands andopportunities, but
the in the process millions ofNative Americans were killed,
enslaved,intermarried, or forced to leave their land. 6. Indeed,
the european colonization of theAmericas was perhaps the bloodiest
and mosthorrific time in human history. 7. Besides the genocide of
Native Americans,European colonists brought African slaves tothe
Americans to work, especially after findingout that Native
Americans would just die inslavery. 8. Image this: men, who youve
never seenbefore, come to your house and your neighborshouse and
they all have as much weapons asthey can carry. 9. Then they can
start killing or enslaving you,your family, and your neighbors. 10.
And you and your family and your neighborsfight back but are
crushed by the menssuperior weapons. 11. And soon, you and most of
your family andyour neighbors are gone-- killed,
enslaved,intermarried, or forced to live somewhere else. 12. This
is what colonialism is: it is death, it isslavery; it is the end of
one group and theexpansion of another group.
