Colonization Process of Latin America



Colonization Process of Latin America

Introduction

This essay intends to describe the colonization process of Latin America, its significant dynamic and the concept of Columbian exchange. The colonization is intended to conjure up the history of economic fluctuations, foreign interventions and other assortments of varied calamities over a long period of time. all of which have crucial impact on the America which in some way has immense importance in understanding the present day dynamics of the land. Therefore, the Colonial period (1492 to 1810) is the most critical and decisive era that basically did the most in shaping the Latin America. Hence, the colonialism has greatly transformed the culture, economy and the other dynamics of the America especially the southern countries of America which include the Romance Speaking Countries that include Mexico, Central America and the islands of Caribbean where there were native civilization and inhabitants of Aztec, Inca and Maya lived (Walter, 2005). However, the Latin America was fundamentally colonized by European settlers, Spain, Portugal and France.

This study would reflect the important aspects of colonization and the arrival and the impact of Europeans to the Latin America and how they altered and shaped the native economy powerfully. In short, the study aims to reflect the understanding of both global history as well as the contemporary world.

Discussion

The systematic colonization era stands out during the period of 1492 to 1810 which principally extenuates the expedition of Christopher Columbus and his discovery of America that rapidly expanded the exploration and colonization of America, first through the Caribbean region that includes the islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba and Hispaniola, and later through the parts of Latin or South America. The real conquest and colonization process started in the fifteenth century with the penetration of people from Spain which was then followed by England, France, Portugal, Denmark and Holland. The most evident distribution of population was seen on the Islands of Caribbean (Conquest and Colonization, 2011).

The exploration and colonization of Latin America subsequently expedited the trade networks and Native Americans such as pre existed populations of Aztec, Inca and Maya were exploited in building up the empires in the central and southern parts of America (World Civilization, 2010). However, Southern parts of America were impacted in the myriad ways during the era of discovery and exploration which finally caused it to change forever as because many new worlds collided with each other which brought the new things, ideas, products, cultures and even new diseases in the America. Although, these changes even brought the good impact that improved the living and economy of the Latin America (Bancroft, 1900). This even caused to change the America forever as with the ruling of Spain over the vast empire based on the labor as well as exploitation of native population. However, it also resulted in wiping out the native population which was around nineteen million before the arrival of European and Spanish which then dropped to two million by 1550 due to the bloody conquests ...