Imperialism is basically a policy that extends a country's power and influence through a military force and/or a diplomacy.
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Many Native Americans converted to Christianity because they thought this was the only way to save themselves from dying from the Europeans' diseases. They also lost their religion. The 'encomienda' system (legalized slavery) also negatorily affected their simple way of life.
<span>Many Native American populations were utterly destroyed by the Europeans' previously unknown diseases long before they ever actually laid eyes on them. Smallpox, chicken pox and the measles were unkown in North America before the Europeans' arrival. </span>
<span>Thanks to the "Mission System' employed by the Spanish </span>Conquistadores<span>, many Native American religious practices, customs, and uiltimately, languages were lost forever. Many Native Americans were virtually enslaved. Others were outright tricked and killed by the "civilized" intruders.</span>
Nativism is a practice or a support to <span>preserving of an indigenous culture. This is also about revitalizing their culture by providing policies for protection and preservation of their culture and condition. It exists in a way that there are laws, organizations that are concerned about it. For some people, they do not use the word, Nativist, because it denotes some negative understanding of its relation to immigration in history but prefers the word, nationalist or patriot. </span>
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