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Choose one of the following colonies and write a paragraph detailing reasons for colonization, relationship with the Native population, and political and religious inclinations of the colonists. Your paragraph should be detailed and about 125-150 words long.

a) Jamestown b) New England c)New France d)Amsterdam

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Answer: Colonization occurs when one country, usually strong, independent and rich, establishes control over the indigenous people of a lesser country. It is a political process of discovering and invading into the governance and politics of a country and enforcing their culture, policies and mode of operation on the people living in another country.

Colonization is never without a purpose. There are always agendas accompanying colonization of a country. This could range from using the colonized country as an avenue to source for an almost free, inexpensive labour. This is because the people living in the colonized country are most often than not, used as slaves against their free will and consent. There is also the need to control the natural resources present in the colonized country or to even expand their horizon, and have more subjects. This is most times to show off power.

Africa bore the brunt of colonization. In the whole of Africa, the only countries that did not experience colonization are Ethiopia, and Liberia. It is thought that their location, economic viability and unity helped them avoid the plague of colonization. They were lucky, but the other countries in Africa were not so lucky as colonialism did Africa a lot of harm.

Firstly, colonialism displaced people from their lands, making them more like prisoners. The indigenous people were taken as slaves to far away lands to work in farms or even stay in tourists centers to entertain the whites. A lot of African paid with their lives for trying to rebel. Even more, they were bought like pieces of clothes, and made to reproduce as a means of birthing more slaves. It was more of rearing.

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