There are a few things that would have to happen for colonization to be a good thing. For one, there would have to be resources or something else that the mother country wanted in the new colony. There would have to be people to settle the colony and harvest the resource. There would have to be soliders there to help keep peace. The people would have to have a say in the things that would take place in the colony. They would generally have to feel like the mother country cared about them.
I believe that it is impossible to avoid oppression or harm to native peoples.
Explanation:
During the time when Europeans were taking over territories in Asia and Africa, they believed that they were somehow better than others, and that it was their destiny or right to take over what they believed to be uncivilized nations and change their entire cultural identity to accommodate the Western idea of civilized peoples. Of course, in some cases this process was not violent, but either way Europeans caused harm to cultural identities, forced people into working to create raw materials so Europeans could manufacture products, and caused countries to suffer economically for European benefit. In short, there is no way that Europeans could take over without causing harm to people within the new colonies.
