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Global effects of colonization of the Americas
As the Europeans progressed beyond discovery and into the Americas’ colonization, they caused radical changes to nearly every part of the land and its inhabitants, from trading and agriculture to war and private possessions. The evolving continent was influenced by European products, innovations, and illnesses (Garita, & Cerezo, 2018). Their cultures were also subdivided and split along religious and ethnic lines as their territories were formed. Most individuals served as slave laborers in these, doing the job required for others to produce wealth.
The colonists’ presence in America caused numerous environmental changes, bringing in place sequences of occurrences that influenced indigenous animals and people. It led to the overhunting of beavers in the Northeast. Beavers in New England, New York, and other places quickly became extinct. With their loss came the loss of beaver dams, which had acted as homes for fish and water sources for other animals. Besides, pigs were bred by Europeans who allowed them to find food in forests; they consumed food that other indigenous species were dependent on.
The ideas on the ownership of the property changed. The colonizers built fences and other means of dividing up personal property. Native Americans who migrated seasonally to take advantage of natural resources now found regions beyond limits, asserted by colonizers (Garita, & Cerezo, 2018). It is also evident that European colonialism’s greatest single effect on the North American community was the spread of illnesses. The colonists introduced microorganisms, and wherever they settled, native people who had little immunity died. Finally, the unforeseen movement of plants across the Atlantic resulted in European expansion in the Americas. Many species were introduced and planted.
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Garita, M., & Cerezo, B. C. F. (2018). Economic growth in Latin America and the impact of the global financial crisis.