Essay On Colonizing South America

It is said that history repeats itself. Repeating history can be a good thing but also a mistake that should have been learned from the first time. South American has poor struggling countries within it and the United States is determining whether or not they should colonize the land. By all means The United States should not colonize South America. Doing so would only hurt the South America countries by the loss of lives, culture and land.
One reason that the United States should not take over South America is because the US will take away and destroy South American land. “They agreed that any European country could claim land in Africa by notifying other nations of its claims and showing it could claim land in Africa by notifying other nations of its claims and showing …show more content…
The United States can gain resources, money and power. The scramble for Africa was an event of the past so the United States colonizing South America does not mean war. There is an opportunity in which both countries can benefit. Even though there is a chance that both countries can benefit from the colonization of South America it is a big risk to take. It’s important to remember that millions of lives could be lost. When Europe attempted to colonize Africa war started, a permanent European culture stamp was left, terror was developed. (McCormack, 2006) This was all caused because of the European selfishness and hunger for resources. In conclusion the negative effects overpower the positive effects of colonizing South America. Culture, Land and Lives would be lost in the process which is why the United States let history repeat itself. The United States is supposed to boost growth instead of destroy it. Colonizing South America would destroy growth and possibly cause a war both within and without the country. So it’s important to prevent history repeating itself but not colonizing South America