5 sentence summary of colonization.

Defined as “control by one power over a dependent area or people.” the world's nations had been colonized by Europeans colonies that drew on the physical and population resources of the people they conquered  Portugal began looking for new trade routes and searching for civilizations  Christopher Columbus began looking for a western route to India and China. Racing one another to coveted natural resources and establishing colonies they would hold until an international period of decolonization  a legal and religious obligation to take over the land and culture of indigenous peoples. Cast their role as civilizing “barbaric” or “savage” nations the adoption of Western human rights standards, and sowed the seeds for democratic institutions and systems of government.

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