Colonies introduction
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Colonization
Essential Questions
Were exploration and colonization positive or negative for the development of the world?
How did the colonists interact with the natives?
How did the “mother countries” interact with each other?
What are some of the long-term effects of colonization?
How did the mother countries choose locations to colonize?
What is coloniztion?
Colonization is the practice of a country installing a settlement of it’s own people on foreign land
It has political control of an area
Colonization means the same as
Imperialism, where one country has political or economic control over another.
Why Colonize?
Most European countries believed in Mercantilism: that the wealth of a country is measured by the amount of precious metals they have… like GOLD!
To make more profit in colonies $$$
To get natural resources (wood, fish, sugar, tobacco)
To promote trade
To search for GOLD !!
To create manufactured goods for sale
How Did They Do It?
Set up a trading fort or an invasion army
The mother countries had better technology and weapons, like armor, metal swords, muskets, and cannons.
They forced the natives into slave labor or imported slaves
They imposed taxes on the natives
They stole land from the natives
Organization of Colonies
Mother Countries helped establish: transportation, medical services, and communications
This gave them more control over the natives
Natives not trained in leadership. They were purposefully kept uneducated, and therefore, dependent upon the mother country.
How the money was made…
Colonies collect
raw materials and send home to Mother Country
Mother Country
manufactures the raw
materials
Mother Country sells the
manufactured goods
back to the colonies
(and other countries)