The record of European expansion contains pages as grim as any in history. The African slave trade—begun by the Africans and the Arabs and turned into a profitable seaborne enterprise by the Portuguese, Dutch, and English—is a series of horrors, from the rounding up of the slaves by local chieftains in Africa, through their transportation across the Atlantic, to their sale in the Indies.
American settlers virtually exterminated the native population east of the Mississippi. There were, of course,
exceptions to this bloody rule. In New England missionaries like John Eliot (1604-1690) did set up little bands of “praying Indians,” and in Pennsylvania relations between the Quakers and Native Americans were excellent. Yet the European diseases, which could not be controlled, together with alcohol, did more to exterminate the Native Americans than did fire and sword.
Seen in terms of economics, however, the expansion of Europe in early modern times was more complex than simple “exploitation” and “plundering.” There was, in dealing with the native populations, much giving of “gifts” of nominal value in exchange for land and goods of great value. The almost universally applied mercantilist policy kept money and manufacturing in the home country. It relegated the colonies to producing raw materials—a role that tended to keep colonies of settlement relatively primitive and economically dependent.
The answer is d because I took the quiz
Answer:
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
Explanation:
George III was King of Great Britain from 1760 to 1820. He was England's longest ruler before Queen Victoria, he is most well known for being the English King during the American Revolutionary War.
Answer: The Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) announced that the Thirteen Colonies would regard themselves as independent sovereign states, and were no longer under the British rule. The Declaration contended that <em>King George III had violated the agreement</em> between himself as a governor and the Americans as the governed. This targeted King George III as the primary reason for colonial discontent.
King George III never fully recovered from the loss of the American colonies.
The answer is D. I hope this helped :)
