Impact of European Colonization on America

This assignment examines the effects of European colonization on America during the 16th to 18th centuries. It analyzes the motives and actions of French, British, Spanish, and Dutch colonists, their relationships with Native Americans, the influence of the Columbian Exchange, and the scarcity of women in the colonies. The essay concludes by highlighting the lasting impact of colonization on American development.

Running head: AMERICAN HISTORY
American History
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Introduction
The following essay is about the American history that concerns about the various
important things like the colonization in the time between the sixteenth and eighteenth century.
The various issues like attracting the settlers to the colonies of the different colonizers will have
to be discussed and taken into account.
Thesis statement
To assess the impact of the French, Dutch, English and Spanish settlers colonies on the settlers
and to determine scarcity of women in those colonies
Settlers in the American history
The various things in this context can be viewed through the Columbian exchange. It can
be considered the movement of the diseases and people across the Atlantic Ocean could be
termed as Columbian exchange. The different foods, corns and cereals were needed in this part
of the world because the food was scarce. The different kinds of foods in the Western
hemisphere had yielded great agricultural growth in most parts of the world. The entire
American landscape was changed when the European livestock arrived there (Parrish, 2012).
The different colonies that were prevalent at the time were the French, British, Spanish
and Dutch. All of them had their own agendas. It has to be mentioned in this context that all the
colonies had a good relationship with the settlers and the Native Americans from the very
beginning. However, these good relationships did not last long because the British greed for
capturing the lands had started to degrade the relationship between the two sides. The neo-
eurpoes began to come up with the new changes within the American territory that brought in

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most of the changes in this context. The two sides were eventually indulged when the French
became their trusted friend and helped them in the wars. This alliance proved to be a strong one
and this is why the settlers preferred the French colonies more (Dubois, 2012).
The royal colony began to flourish in America after the Indian war and the Americans
were shocked to find the rising of the Indian power (Curl, 2012). The puritan lives had
influenced the colonial women to a great extent. It is believed that the Dutch colonies had
entered into America and they had wanted to form the joint-stock corporations to form New
Netherland. Keeping these things in mind, it can be said that women were scarce because they
never tried so hard to convert the native people or the settlers to Catholic Christianity or to marry
them.
These emigrations had several impacts in the development in the development of the
colonies. These emigration factors proved to be fruitful as the intention of the colonizers were
different in these cases (Tindall, & Shi, 2016). The British colonizers wanted to settle to
America to escape the violence during the British civil wars. The other colonialists came there to
spread Christianity and convert people into Christianity. The improvement in agriculture can be
considered as one of the best gains of the colonizing.
Conclusion
The essay can be concluded by saying that the effects of colony had a wide range effect
on America and the settlers. The settlers preferred the French colonies because they felt they
were safe in the hands of the French. However, the women were scarcer in the British colonies.
The impact of the emigration had yielded good results as well. This catered for the improvement
of the country.

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References
Curl, J. (2012). For all the people: Uncovering the hidden history of cooperation, cooperative
movements, and communalism in America. Pm Press.
Dubois, L. (2012). A colony of citizens: revolution and slave emancipation in the French
Caribbean, 1787-1804. UNC Press Books.
Parrish, S. S. (2012). American curiosity: cultures of natural history in the colonial British
Atlantic world. UNC Press Books.
Tindall, G. B., & Shi, D. E. (2016). America: A narrative history. WW Norton & Company.