and the Americas became the first areas of the world to experience significant consequences from European expansion. On both sides of the Atlantic the arrival of Europeans resulted in demographic and biological changes, political upheavals, and the introduction of new trade patterns, religions, and technologies. But the depth and extent of European impact on the two regions was far different Africa was affected by the Europeans, but the Americas were transformed. The European presence
years ago, Europeans stumbled on the American continents. This forever altered the future of both the Old World and the New World. In the Pre-Columbian era, the European and Native American exchanged cultures, ideas, and traded items. The encounter of had a deep influence on both cultures.Europeans brought diseases, Native Americans brought food, and there were exchanges in livestock. Life in the Americas changed drastically and dramatically with the coming of the Europeans. As Europeans came into
the division of empires after the war was absurd. Texas, of course, was not capable of ruling these two empires, which many thought about the divisions made at the time, and the amount of influence the U.S. had on decisions.
The impact of the massive European exploration in North and South American was felt not only were they had explored, but internationally. From the agricultural improvements made in South Africa, to the horses brought to Argentina by the conquistadors, the European explorations transformed society and culture intercontinentally. The positive effects of the European explorations impacted the entire world; the livestock and agriculture brought back from the Americas enhanced the source of revenue for
To discuss the influence of Jesuit missionaries on South American music, it is first necessary to give a little background information on whom the Jesuits were/are and why they came to South America. The term “Jesuit” refers to someone belonging to the Society of Jesus (abbreviated S.J.), an order in the Roman Catholic Church. The Jesuits are the largest order in the Roman Catholic Church with an estimated 18,000 members as of 2013. The current pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, is
Exploration and the Age of Imperialism influenced colonialism by Europeans. However, the periods of 1450-1760 and 1850-1914 were each characterized differently by the motivations and influences in Europe at the time. The main economic and social motive of Europe in the period 1450-1760 was the advancement of mercantilism and competition for resources and land against other European countries. They also wanted to spread Christianity to the Americas. In the period 1850-1914 they shifted their focus to global
devastation united opposing nations under a mutual purpose: to end WWII and defeat Nazi Germany once and for all. The combined forces of France, the UK, America, the Soviet Union, and many smaller nations overwhelmed Nazi Germany, and in 1945, the war ended. However, the most devastating effect of WWII remained: its aftermath. After the war, America and Russia emerged as the two great superpowers of the world left with one final answer: what now? When WWII had ended, so too had their mutual purpose
Following the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in the 15th century, many European countries supported expeditions to the New World. These voyages resulted in the transoceanic trade of ideas, disease, and culture between the Old World and the new. However, crop foods was the dominant trade item between the two worlds because food was essential for survival during the long voyages and required minimal amounts of communication and understanding for trading. European culture and cuisine was
European nations’ tactic to colonization had insightful and profound insinuations on the political, economic, and cultural patterns of nations in the Americas. Changes in trade, technology, and demographics resulting from European exploration in the New World involved the impacts of fur trade, sugar mills, and settlement patterns and interracial marriage. Firstly, Europeans changed the game of trading by efficiently exchanging fur. The European market for fur in the first French North American colony
Europeans saw the spread of the European style of life would significantly increase living values for the colonized people across the world. While monetary reasons were a primary motivation for colonial expansion, the Europeans thought that they were not only improving the natives’ conditions, but they were saving their souls by bringing Christianity to them. The missionaries knew their journey to was going to be tough trying to bring Christianity to new and far unknown lands. The task of converting