FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN COLONIZATION
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Europe
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South America
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands established colonies in North America.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish were among the first Europeans to explore the New World and the first to settle in what is now the United States. By 1650, however, England had established a dominant presence on the Atlantic coast. The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the Norse established some colonies in the north-eastern part of North America as early as the tenth century, systematic European colonization began in 1492.
Detailed explanation-4: -It’s widely accepted that the first settlers were hunter-gatherers that came to North America from the North Asia Mammoth steppe via the Bering land bridge.