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Anglo Colonizers And How Did They Affect The Shaping Of America

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What were the strategies of the Anglo colonizers and how did they affect the shape of America as we know it today? Most of the Anglo colonizers' strategies impacted the shaping of America as we know it today; the strategies shaped how America has had both a positive impact and a negative impact. Moreover, these strategies can change the way others view America today. How America was formed throughout history can impact the shaping of America we now know today. Throughout the history of America, nations and societies have been formed using strategies used by the Anglo colonizers. Whether these strategies can cause ever-long-lasting conflict/consequences or not, America is no different. From the first-ever settlers to today, in their use of the …show more content…

The Anglo Colonizers used most of the strategies because they could impact the way America was formed. One of the strategies that the Anglo colonizers used was to exclude the native people or the original people who owned the land and the native people or the original people who owned the land were being kicked out and could not stay. The Anglo colonizers practiced trade with the natives and excluded the native people through biological warfare; they also used the death of the natives and the limited resources that the natives had. The second strategy that the Anglo colonizers used was that although the native people could not stay or no longer own the North American continent, they could still stay, but the "savage" way or their way of doing things had to change, or they could not use the "savage" ways. Anglo colonizers also attempted to enslave the native people. However, it was not successful because the native people were familiar with the place, and they could easily escape. The strategies that the Anglo colonizers used had a negative impact on the shape of …show more content…

The enslaved imported workers from Africa were working in harsh conditions on plantations in the Southern part of America. The strategies used by the Anglo colonizers had a significant impact on shaping America today and also caused the racial inequality that shaped the current America negatively. In the "A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, Revised Edition" textbook written by Ronald T. Takaki, written in 2008, in Chapter 2, Takaki wrote about the first strategy used by the Anglo colonizers, using biological weapons against the native people. Furthermore, the Anglo colonizers assumed the god was the reason for the death of the natives, but it was the disease that the Anglo colonizers gave the disease to the natives. The Anglo colonizers used the death of natives against the natives. Takaki stated, "The colonizers interpreted these Indian deaths as divinely sanctioned opportunities to take the land. John Winthrop declared that the decimation of Indians by smallpox manifested a Puritan destiny: God was "making room" for the settlers and "hath hereby cleared our title to this place" (Takaki, 2008, pg

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