Highly lucrative crops such as sugar, tobacco and cotton saw the expansion of the system of Slave plantations. Economic growth was dependent on the plantations becoming increasingly profitable. The labor supply in the colonies was first addressed by England with the employment of Indentured servants but this quickly moved on to looking towards the financial benefits of the transatlantic slave trade.
Slavery was introduced into the conies, especially the Southern colonies that housed the plantations. European laws were introduced to America and the profits made from the natural resources of America and trading opportunities contributed to wealth of England, France and Spain.
The massive influx of European colonists led to increased tension and hostilities with the Native American Indians. The Indian Wars were fuelled by the colonists and settlers looking for a better life in America the New World which sparked bloody wars and conflicts with Indian tribes for control of North American lands.
America, the New World - European Political Policies The history of the colonization of America the New World was dictated by the political policies and beliefs of the countries of Europe. The Old World contrasts with the New World. He quoted the term in a letter he had written to his friend Lorienzo di Pier in the spring of In his letter, he asserted that the lands discovered by European navigators were not the edges of Asia as Christopher Columbus stated.
The terms 'Old World' and 'New World' have great significance and are particularly meaningful in the historical context. The terms come in handy in distinguishing the major ecozones in the world.
The terms are also used to classify animal and plant species that originated from the two worlds. The term New World is commonly used while discussing issues that concern the Americas and the surrounding areas such as Bermuda, Oceanic Islands, and Clipperton Island.
Specific contexts include;. In a biological context, New World and Old World are often quoted when citing species. The Old World species fall under two categories namely Afrotropic and Palearctic. The Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was one of the earliest and most well-known of these European explorers; the first of his four famous voyages from Spain to the Americas began in There are almost as many terms for indigenous people in the Americas as there are geographic regions.
Scientists believe that migrations of humans from Eurasia the combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia to the Americas first took place via Beringia, a land bridge which formerly connected the two continents across what is now the Bering Strait.
The most recent migration probably took place around 12, years ago, but the earliest period remains somewhat of a mystery. These early Paleo-Indians soon spread throughout the continent, diversifying into many hundreds of culturally distinct nations and tribes. According to the oral histories of many indigenous peoples of the Americas, they have been living there since their genesis, represented in a wide range of traditional creation stories.
While some indigenous peoples of the Americas were traditionally hunter-gatherers — and many, especially in Amazonia, still are — many groups practiced aquaculture and agriculture. The impact of their agricultural endowment to the world is a testament to their time and work in reshaping and cultivating the flora indigenous to the Americas. While some societies depended heavily on agriculture, others practiced a mix of farming, hunting, and gathering.
In some regions, the indigenous peoples created monumental architecture, large-scale cities, chiefdoms with hierarchies based on kinship , states, and empires. Many parts of the Americas are still populated by indigenous Americans, and some countries have sizable populations, including Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Greenland, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru.
At least a thousand different indigenous languages are spoken in the Americas.
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