Rise Of American Colonialism

The definition of Colonialism is when a country take control of a country, occupies it with settlers, and exploits it economically. This was a practice that many European countries did for hundreds of years until most of the colonies broke free. The first colonies were in Hispaniola which is known as the Caribbean today. They were discovered by Christopher Columbus who was the second person to discover the Americas. The main countries that colonized were Great Britain, France, Castile, Portugal, Netherlands, and Russia. Because Castile hired Christopher Columbus, they found the Americas earlier than most European nations. This allowed Castile to have many more colonies in South, Central, and North America, and one of the most powerful nations …show more content…
They became greedy and fueled by all the indulgences that they received by war and trade with their neighbors. Most of the world was only owned by a few countries in Europe and they were able to expand their empires all across the globe. They had the Atlantic Slave Trade, and many more trades that helped them make money. We were able to conquer and explore new lands. People believed that the new world was a new beginning for everybody, where they could start fresh and be free from European rule. After a while they did break free from European rule. This is mainly when Colonialism ended when all of the land was colonized and found already. Europeans exploited many people to do what they want. With colonialism, we could share the wealth of discovery with everybody in the world. Without Colonialism, many good and bad things could happen to us. We found new items and increased the wealth of many nations who were once poor. But we utterly destroyed many nations with no remorse like the Aztecs and the Incas. Without Colonialism there would be no western nations in North America, or anywhere in the Americas. We wouldn’t be as powerful as we were back then and most of the world would have been barren