Native American Cultural Impacts

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Other European Nations were using the New World to benefit themselves. They used the New World to get economic growth. From the metals like silver and gold to Red dye. This also included enslaving the Indigenous People and bringing over African Slaves. The Cultural impact on the new world was a merge of European and native American culture. The Spanish didn’t profit economically profit from the New World but other European Countries

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