Native American Imperialism

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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 people to Christianity was going to a difficult one due to the resistance from some cultures. Because they did not like any outside influences to change their traditions. Even though they were Christian missionaries, that did not mean that they…show more content…
Where the Guarani Natives Live in and do not like the Spanish people at first because the Spanish were using them as slaves and off killing their people. The Natives were living a life of hiding in the jungle; they were terrified, deprived, and famished. The Jesuits came to South America to construct missions and spread Christianity to the Guarani Natives. Their goal or intention was to make peace between the Guarani Natives, the Spanish, and the Portuguese people, and to build missions and convert the Native people to Christianity. The Jesuits were very beneficial to the Natives, for instance when slave traders were chasing down the Natives to capture them for slavery the Jesuits came in to help save them. They additionally helped build homes and feed them and also build a foundation of knowing the Lord and Christianity (Film, The Mission). During the time the missionaries spent with the Guarani Natives they became very close with them. They instilled many European ideals in the Natives. For example, when they built the homes and church in the jungle. The Guarani never lived in one place before they were always drifting place to place so they could stay away from danger and avoid being captured. This is really important because it changed how the entire society thought about life. Because when they were told to leave because the combined team of the Spanish and Portuguese attacked the mission the Guarani…show more content…
One of the men who made a lot of advancement in China was Matteo Ricci and he was a Jesuit. Ricci was gifted and he knew it too. Ricci made Christianity both more accessible and more appealing to the culturally diverse population of Asia. Chinese culture was strongly entwined with Confucian morals and therefore decided to use existing Chinese concepts to explain Christianity to the Chinese people. At the time of their peak influence, members of the Jesuit mission were considered some of the greatest valued and reliable advisors, holding countless posts in the
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