Question

Explain how Europeans rationalized the economic and political impact they had on foreign colonies and why they kept these colonies under their control for so long.

Answer 1

Answer:

Colonization ruptured many ecosystems, bringing in new organisms while eliminating others. The Europeans brought many diseases with them that decimated Native American populations. Colonists and Native Americans alike looked to new plants as possible medicinal resources.

Explanation:

Europeans changed the economy from a model of producing foods for the need to mainly the production of cash crops. All crops produced by Africans were exported and prices were set by the colonies. Africans were not allowed to grow these cash crops to benefit themselves.