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 * __Colonization__**

Back in Europe people started to show interest for this new country. They had all different interests, and this was the start of the colonization in “the land of opportunity“. The Spanish wanted to discover gold, the French was interested in hunting, fur and business and England wanted more land. After a while Spain extended their interests to also include plantation drift and therefore slavery. The Native people in Mexico started a rebellion against the Spanish colonies, evangelism, church building and slavery in the plantations. Spain had to retreat, but didn’t give up and won the land back. Even though the Spanish people got most of the land back, the rebellion had a good effect. The natives of America got back some of their land and after that they wasn’t abused as slaves. Spain’s massive evangelism destroyed a lot of the Native American's culture.

The French was mostly interested in hunting and fur and they were on speaking terms with the indigenous people. The French often travelled into the villages to trade goods. The French made a fortune on the trade, and they also got an interest in agriculture and expanded their colonies.

England was mostly interested in agriculture land. This wasn’t a problem to begin with, but after a while the Englishmen took a lot of land and it started to affect the natives of America in a very negative way. More Englishmen arrived and they needed more land. This led to a lot of conflicts between the Natives and “the white man”. Around 1700’s the conflicts started to increase. The war between the imperial power and the Native Americans continued and expanded. The imperial powers started to feel the competition between them selves. They also began to fight each other and tried to get the different Native American tribes on their side. After the wars England was the leading nation in America. This was a big loss for the Natives of America and in 1820’s the real immigration from Europe started. Most of the people who immigrated were poor people who wanted to start a new life.

The colonies where the Natives Americans had to live were all new places for them. These new places contained sickness and diseases the Natives of America never had witness. Many people died just because of this. The diseases were brought from Europe to America, so the Natives didn’t have much resistance. Approximately 75 % of the Natives of America died.



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