Why Did Colonization Take Place ?

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Why did colonization take place? Well if you look at jarred diamonds theory he believes that it is all to do with geographical factors such as terrain, animals and food supply within a certain country. Colonization also took place to expand a countries wealth and power. They then used this new found wealth and power to enforce there will onto the indigenous inhabitants of this newly found country. The colonialists would use their superior power to force the local inhabitants into a labour force, some may call this exploitation and in many cases it was but along with all this exploitation and violence was a new found infrastructure government system. There were many positives that followed colonialism as I mentioned above but in order for the colonialists to establish this new way of life amongst the local people much blood followed and new diseases to which the local people had no immunity. Recently there has been this outcry by the “oppressed” countries that the western countries should pay reparations for slavery and colonialism to minorities and natives of the third world. Personally I think this is a ridiculous point to try and make. There is nothing uniquely western about colonialism. For example many Indians believe that they should receive some form of payment from the British but before the British arrived India was conquered by a multitude of empires of countries such as the Persians, the Afghans, Alexander the great, the Mongols the Arabs and the Turks. So in order for the statement that they should receive some form of repayment is ludicrous as you would have to go back thousands of years in order to view all the oppressed and oppressive countries to try and make things “all square”. This simply is not possible. The west also had more hunger to colonise than the rest of the world. For example the Chinese had the gunpowder needed for cannons and guns but
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