SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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stripping of raw materials from the land
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less industrialization
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less deforestation
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hospitals, schools, and roads
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some positives historians have pointed out are medicine, education, improved infrastructure, Christianity, and boundaries. The growth of the African population was aided by the Western medicine introduced by Europeans. Africans were introduced to formal education by Europeans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Negative effects The Africans lost their political independence. Some traditional political institutions were destroyed and replaced with foreign ones. Foreign culture was imposed on Africans without regard for their own culture.
Detailed explanation-3: -Colonial governments invested in infrastructure and trade and disseminated medical and technological knowledge. In some cases, they encouraged literacy, the adoption of Western human rights standards, and sowed the seeds for democratic institutions and systems of government.