Friday, January 25, 2013

Comparing Colonial Societies in Americas

     The different colonies that have arised amazes me, but somewhat angers me at the same time, from the old world to new.  The first society were the lands of Aztecs and Incas which the Spanish conquered.  The Native people provided the forced labor for the Spaniards.  Social order grew which made these Spanish people to be at the top of the pyrymid.  Mestizo's were created, which in todays society its seen as a diverse and positive notion, but of course back then not so positive.  The ratio was 1 to 7, one Indian woman to 7 Spanish men.  Thats crazy! All because the Indian women strived for the security and suffered the abuse to try to have a better life for themselves and their kids.  The second colony of sugar was Brazil which was ruled by Portugal and in the Spanish, British, French and Dutch colonies of the Carribbean.  The Arabs introduced the sugar production to the Mediterranean, which allowed the Europeans to use that to there advantage, which then lead to breaking the Portugal and Brazilian monopoly.  Now what makes me angry is how the Europeans kill off the Native American population then turns to the Africans to use them as slaves to make their sugar production which they profit from.  The killing of Native Americans did not stop there, but carried down to the Africans who died as well through rough conditions of labor they endured them in.  The third colony settled in North America which were the British colonies of New England, New York and Pennsylvania.  It amazes me how they believed they got the left overs of the new world called the "dregs" and look what it became, the United States!

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