Between 1750 and 1850 the most important colonial possession in Asia was British India. Differing from the changes that British India brought to North America, the changes that the British made in Asia did not bring political independence. The East India Company was chartered in 1600 by the crown and was quickly made into a large powerful authority. The East India Company quickly took over India’s imports and exports in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries along with controlling the Chinese economy greatly with the power of opium imports. Britain operated on claims that their system was based on free trade but the practices that they followed showed anything but that.
While the English colonies were growing rapidly along the Atlantic seaboard, French fur traders and explorers were venturing deep into the heart of North America. It could be only a matter of time before the rivalries between France and England elsewhere in the world would be sharply reflected in a final struggle for the ownership of the North American continent. the primary differences between the French and English Colonization policies are the following: the French colonies treated the natives with great diplomacy, whereas the British colonies treated the natives as savages and lesser creatures. The French approach to colonization was based on integrating its colonial people into a “Greater France" through cultural assimilation and administrative centralization. on the other hand, British Indirect rule was a system where external military and tax control was operated by the British, while almost every other aspect of life was left to local pre-colonial aristocracies who had sided with the British during the conquest.
Around the early 1600’s, the race between the European nations for industrial and commercial revolution brought about a dramatic impact on Canadian soil. New settlement was established by the French close to St.Lawrance river, influenced by the trans-Atlantic trade that seemed to be more profitable because of high fur prices in Europe. However the introduction of military, religious and political policies played a big role towards growth and development of the colony, New France. To begin with, the French crown was keener to consolidate his power and the control of the majority of the fur trade in North America given the fact that fur and beaver trade had high returns of profit because of the high demand in the fashion market. Just like any other colonial emperor, the French established alliance with Huron native tribe who were considered to be the strongest tribe amongst Natives tribes.
Compare and Contrast: Spanish and Russian Empire Building Over the period of 1450 to 1800, Spain and Russia grew from small countries to powerful empires. Spain expanded to the West, conquering and colonizing all across South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Russia expanded across Eastern Europe, Siberia, Central Asia, and all the way to Alaska. These two massive empires were built in different ways, yet they also shared many means in how the conquered and controlled their territory. Spain’s empire was driven by a desire for silver, but was presented many challenges as they had to expand across an ocean and cope with a new world.
Ming and Qing Total Dominance until mid 18th Century Prior to the 15th century China lead the world in every aspect from power and control to a flourishing economic country. Europe did not have a stable government or a flourishing economy leaving them with no power or control over trade. Europe thrived to be a dominate factor like China and therefore lead to the need of exploration of new land and territories. The groundbreaking discovery changed the fortune of Europe’s power in 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. This find would change the presence of European power and trade in China and the East for years to come.
Virgin-soil epidemics are the deadliest phenomena ever experienced by humankind. The cataclysmic effects of virgin-soil epidemics struck Native American societies just as they faced the threat of European invasion. None of this could have occurred at a worse time for the Americans. The varities of domesticated animals and infectious diseases that jumped back and forth form animals to humans were more numerous in the old world than the new. Many migrated west across Eurasia with animals or people, or were brought by traders from
The Columbian Exchange Between 1492 and 1750, there were many drastic demographic and environmental effects of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas and Europe. The bringing of new diseases impacted both of these regions influencing their populations, affecting the Americas more when smallpox was brought by the European explorers. Also demographically was the establishment of silver mines and sugar plantations causing new labor systems directed by the Europeans. Agricultural goods also had a lasting impact with the Americas being introduced to sugar and domesticated animals as well as Europe being introduced to new crops with the Columbian Exchange. With the trading of the Columbian Exchange, diseases were increasing and affecting both the Americas and Europe.
The European Age of Discovery brought about many new changes throughout the world. The lives of everyone on the planet changed drastically as European conquest and trade brought about the prosperity and destruction of many civilizations. From the Spanish conquering of the Americas to the bustling trade of the New World the lives of women of the Americas, Africa and Europe were all changed forever. The lives of enslaved African, Euro-American and Aztec women were all particularly changed in a big way. From the first steps of Europeans to the New World missionaries and military might paved the way for the complete cultural conquering of the native people.
Expansion overseas was not a completely innovative idea seeing as the Monroe Doctrine considered Latin America in the United States' area of influence. A State Department list, the "Instances of the Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad 1798-1945," recorded a quantity of 103 interventions of affairs of other countries between the years of 1798 and 1895. This showed that the use had lots of experience in overseas investigation and interventions. Alfred T. Mahan, the Captain of the U.S. Navy, regarded as a popular propagandist for expansion, greatly influenced Theodore Roosevelt and other Americans. Mahan thought that the country with the most powerful navy would control the earth.
Many people believe that slavery of the Native Americans was a result of the Europeans colonizing the New World, but it was not. The indigenous people, long before the settlers arrived were enslaving each other. However, the native people did not exploit slavery on a large scale. Instead, they used the captured slaves to replenish their tribe’s fallen warriors or to replace people who have died of disease. When the Europeans arrived to inhabit America, Native American the slave trade changed significantly.