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What 2 European nations were interested in South America?
Although most of Latin America was colonized by Spain, the countries of Portugal and France also had major influences on the region. Due to war and disease, native populations were decimated.
What were the four European nations that colonized North and Central America and what were each nation’s colonial practices?
Motivations for Colonization Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands established colonies in North America. Each country had different motivations for colonization and expectations about the potential benefits.
What were some parts of the world that England colonized?
The British Empire in the Nineteenth Century
- Canada.
- Australia and New Zealand.
- India.
- Africa.
- Imperial Britain.
How did Europe control Southeast Asia during the Middle Ages?
In the early phase, European control in Southeast Asia was largely confined to the establishment of trading posts. These trading posts were used to store the oriental products obtained from the local traders before they were exported to the European markets.
What countries were part of the British Empire in Southeast Asia?
Siam (now Thailand) – was the only independent state in Southeast Asia, but had Britain sphere of influence in the north and south and France in the Northeast and East which were merely brief proposals that amounted to nothing much like the planned partition of the Qing and Ottoman Empires.
How did the arrival of the Europeans affect the New World?
The arrival of the Europeans was the first event of many that set in motion the end of these civilizations. Europeans were different then the people of the New World and were of a different mentality. The European continent had been embroiled in hundreds of wars ranging from small conflicts to large scale invasions.
How did Spain gain control of the new world in 1550?
By 1550 Spain had dominion over the West Indies and Central America and its large surviving native population. New World mines yielded gold and silver for Spain in far greater amounts than France and Portugal had ever been able to extract from West Africa. One-fifth of the total production, the quinto real, went to the Spanish Crown.