Question

During the Age of Exploration, Europeans began to colonize other parts of the world to increase their wealth and power. Colonization occurs when one nation takes complete control of the people of another nation or region. Do you think Europeans were right to colonize other people? Consider their world view at that time compared to our own. Is there some way the Europeans could have achieved their goals without colonizing other people?..

Answer 1

Europeans did not have the right to colonize other people. Although at the time they viewed themselves as the superiors of the world, colonizing other nations lead to many nations becoming similar to European countries and being forced to do labor rather than develop their own culture and system. Europeans could have achieved their goals of wealth and power without colonizing other people. (This could've been achieved by creating alliances with nations they wished to colonize rather than completely taking them over. This would've lead to not only peaceful and larger relations but beneficial circumstances to both parties.) Hope this helps : )