Response paper about the European relationships with non-European ( Global HISTORY)

Running Head: EUROPEAN COLONIZATION 1

European Colonization 10

EUROPEAN COLONIZATION

Monther Z Alotaibi

Professor, Sundberg

HIS272

12/04/17

This is establishing a rule on people who are junior to the ruling class and maintaining it for a given period. During this time the colonized have no say on how the governance of their country should be despite the fact that they are the natives. As we know from class, colonization started way back in 15th century, with Portugal and the Spain being the first to try to subdivide states in 1494. Before 1800 the interest of settlement had not picked and the interest who colonization. This was majorly contributed by the fact that the resources were far much many beyond any desire to have extra. Another issue during those periods was the respect for territories, so no country thought of invading part of another nation. The last aspect was the kind of weapons available during this time were inferior, so no state dared to attack another country. (Halili, 2007). 

Colonization fast took place in Europe before spreading to other parts of the world. When expansion began the Europeans found themselves fighting for same states to colonize while others even overpower the previous group and they took charge. The first eta was full of confusion, ill fighting, and disorganization. The issue which brought about colonization was the desire to control some areas which seemed to be having minerals thus the drive to control them. At first, it was bloodless colonization as the colonies came as friends of the aliens as others came as adventurers who wanted to exploit the world. The response was different from one group to another as succeeded while others failed to the colonization quest. (Mackenzie, 2003). 

During the early periods, before 1800 European took themselves as a superior being and could not go down to interact with non-Europeans as seen China. China had tried to have a business transaction with the Europe, but it bore no fruit in their several attempts. This led to Chinese treating the Europeans with a lot of suspicion as people up for no good. In Africa, the Europeans went in different shades some went as explorers, business people and as missionaries. Europe had already established their government systems and was practicing centralized kind of system with the president leading the executive. They had other representatives in regional levels who represented the president on the ground. The system was well organized structurally, and they knew how power flows. This was different from other nations which still practiced decentralized kind of system which was not linked upwards. (Halili, 2007). 

Europe had an advanced education system and several institutions where artwork was taught as early as the 15th century. This enables them to produce quality personnel who could steer the nation on the road of development. Their trade had also shaped up due to the availability of more transaction goods and medium of exchange. The country had also developed their industries this made them look superior to other nations. The population mainly increase since the Europeans food production expanded. (Mackenzie, 2003). 

Despite these achievements the 19th-century colonization took another turn compared to the colonization before the 19th century some of the notables were;

Economic revolution, Europe was at their peak in the industrial revolution, the produce from their factories more than doubled. This led them to start looking for a market for their products as well as areas to get their raw materials from. This is what led them to go to Africa where they found so much unexploited natural resources. They saw the healthy men and thought of the deficiency of labour in their country. They also o fertile land where they could settle their surplus population. They tried to convince African to come to Europe and get good jobs with nice pay. This idea of convincing was not yielding much fruit thus the looked for their leaders who could easily command them to go and work for the Europeans. (Halili, 2007). 

Another issue that characterized this period was national rivalry. Different nations wanted to have a larger territory for it was a proof how a state was powerful this led to nations fighting in an attempt to acquire more land and areas. Britain and Russia battle to death just to acquire south and central Asia. This battle was a trial to ensure that Russia does not have colonies as it was seen as a threat in the event it gets more colonies. This battle of keeping Russia of territories continued when Russia tried to colonize Afghanistan and Iraq. European also felt that they were the one who was superior therefore had all the reason to lead. They felt that their rule will bring civilization to an area still perceived to be backward. The colonized were seen more as immature both spiritually and mentally thus were not worth being left alone to lead themselves. Therefore they did entirely everything to ensure they conquer the places they visited. (Nardo, 2011). 

The Europeans also had a notion that their faith was superior to other religions. They built churches wherever they went to change the people they met in those areas to Christianity. God was a view of being superior compared to other gods worshipped in shrines across the world. By doing this, they knew they would inflict new faith and believe in whatever they said this a good for submission to their wants. This was successful in the most area apart from areas which Islamic preachers had visited. True to what they expected most of the colonies abandoned their system of worship and became Christians. The other aspect was social superiority. It was evidently clear that even after going and staying in the colonized states. The Europeans did not mix with others because they came from different social classes. They built their own; schools, churches, roads and hospitals. They also lived in prestigious places where others were not allowed to own home in those designated areas. The last issue was the leadership. After getting a grip on those nations, they changed the leadership structure, and those colonies were considered as provinces of the colonizers. They installed their laws and leadership. That means the natives were to follow the orders as given but not to question. The total submission was expected who were given the opportunity to be leaders at the village levels. (Mackenzie, 2003). 

Europe was at their peak in the industrial revolution, the produce from their factories more than doubled. This led them to start looking for a market for their products as well as areas to get their raw materials from. This is what led them to go to Africa where they found so much unexploited natural resources. They saw the healthy men and thought of the deficiency of labour in their country. They also o fertile land where they could settle their surplus population. They tried to convince African to come to Europe and get good jobs with nice pay. This idea of convincing was not yielding much fruit thus the looked for their leaders who could easily command them to go and work for the Europeans. (Halili, 2007). 

The most significant challenge faced by the European in the colonization. The time of colonization the world was still existing independently. States did not require assistance from each other. This reason made the natives to communicate and associate by themselves only. When the Europeans reached those nations communication was a great barrier. Most citizens did not go to any formal schooling which made a connection to them near impossible. It was the responsibility of the European to take the initiative to educate some people who would act as their translators. This took a very long time making the process of colonization. The diversity of languages within some societies even added the complication because it was like trying to teach people from every community. This was a challenge even in the spreading of the gospel they thought would be a cheaper tool to use. (Nardo, 2011). 

The Economic challenge, as much as Europe had built its economic base, they got it to be too challenging to administer a fleet of states. They were forced to employ their senior government officials from their nations because they did not trust aliens with power. This proved uneconomical because very few accepted to move of their country and those who ran demanded hefty payment from the central government. The firms they had set in the colonies were slowly picking since the natives had not embraced foreign goods this brought another challenge, production cost was higher than sales. Those countries had not established stable currency system slightly still preferred barter trade this also hindered the expansion of the industrial sector of those nations.

Difficulty or inaccessibility of most parts of the nation. The colonies had not developed their transport system, and the existing roads were in deplorable state .this gave the Europeans a headache on how to access the areas that had interest in. It took them a long time to locate those areas because they had to start by building road networks for the areas to be reached. Some regions had unfavourable terrains that the machinery they had could not be of any help to make them reach such places. For example, using the simple mechanisms, they came with they could not build roads in mountainous areas. This hampered their program for a long time. (Wilson & Morton, 2013). 

Hostility and rebellion. Some communities had set negative attitude towards the foreigners such that in specific areas they were not even allowed to pass through the neighbourhoods. In other communities having seers who had told them of the coming of foreigners who will make them their selves they rejected them. The leaders in some areas brought their communities together and armed them with crude weapons to try and stop the European form coming. Countries like Iraq hard developed organized armies with more advanced weapons that kept the Europeans away for some time. The hostility was even extended to the properties of the Europeans. The communities would raid the places were maintaining the types of machinery destroying them this was always a significant setback in their battle for colonization. (Mackenzie, 2003). 

Another issue that characterized this period was national rivalry. Different nations wanted to have a larger territory for it was a proof how a state was powerful this led to nations fighting in an attempt to acquire more land and areas. Britain and Russia battle to death just to acquire south and central Asia. This battle was a trial to ensure that Russia does not have colonies as it was seen as a threat in the event it gets more colonies. This battle of keeping Russia of territories continued when Russia tried to colonize Afghanistan and Iraq. European also felt that they were the one who was superior therefore had all the reason to lead. They felt that their rule will bring civilization to an area still perceived to be backward. The colonized were seen more as immature both spiritually and mentally thus were not worth being left alone to lead themselves. Therefore they did entirely everything to ensure they conquer the places they visited. (Nardo, 2011). 

Unfamiliarity with the terrain. When the European realized that the resisted was overwhelming they resorted to a fight back, this proved very hectic since the natives went to the bushes and fought a Guerrilla warfare. They would hide hit and then run again to their hiding zones. This almost depleted the strength of the Europeans. This was coupled with the fact that their reinforcement came from their mother countries. This made them experience hard times in some area which were not readily reachable. The terrain worked in favour of the natives as they knew where to hide when they were attacked, but on the other side exposed the Europeans as their only rescue was retreat when the situation worsened. (Nardo, 2011). 

Tropical diseases and deaths. Some of the colonies were in the tropical area, where the temperatures are high and the diseases like malaria attacks and kills. Some Europeans were affected by the hot weather and retreated to their nations while others succumbed to death. This experienced frightened others and soon went back for fear of dying. At the same time, they had not adjusted, and malaria was dangerous this exposed them to a life-threatening situation. The conditions made others not to go even when sent as a reinforcement team, thus giving the Europeans a hard time in colonization. (Halili, 2007). 

Social set up and cultural beliefs. When Europeans came, they advocated for the adoption of their kind of lifestyle disregarding the feelings of the natives. The natives across the world had God they believed in and a style of worship. When the European went into those nations, they were forced to adjust to a new system of worship, to this others saw as disrespect thus failing to co-operate with them in whatever they were doing. Another issue erupted on leadership, after realizing that the leaders they found would not cooperate with them they recruited young people to lead their respective communities. This was as opposed to the kind of leadership practiced in those areas. This further gave the European hard time in advancing their agenda. The Europeans were so much divided as each fought its battle. At times they were fighting themselves giving the aliens advantage over them. Most colonies fought as a unit thus it was not easy to be defeated by a divided enemy. This also contributed to the reasons why in some states the colonization lasted for a very short time before being over-powered by the natives. (Nardo, 2011). 

Anti-socialization. The Europeans when to those nations already stack on their belief of superiority. They lived alone in the set-aside areas. This made the natives look at them as people who are different from them. This made it difficult to get guides who lead them around. When the cooperation of the natives was needed, they rejected and remained on different ridges of life. The issue of taking away from land from the aliens also proved futile as the landless were always on the front resisting the move by the Europeans. All this brought together culminated in the hard times the Europeans had to go through to get territories in some areas. (Mackenzie, 2003). 

Colonization was a benefit and a loss in the same proportion to different countries. The countries which hard started developing were derailed as the colonizers came in with their agendas to accomplish. Some countries which had mineral deposits were milked dry, and the benefit went to the colonizer. Others are yet to recover from the losses they underwent in trying to oppose the colonization process. Lives and properties were lost by all the warring sides while others were maimed. The countries which were found stagnating were started off as the Europeans wanted a place they could easily navigate to take charge of their projects. They developed road network system and other infrastructures which they left when the colonization period ended. Some of the colonizers also went at a loss since the money they invested in the colonies did not give back its return as some countries had microscopic minerals. Colonization opened up nations for global development.

References

Halili, S. (2007). The iconography of the new empire. Univ. of Philippines Press.

Mackenzie, J. (2003). Partition of Africa. Hoboken: Routledge.

Nardo, D. (2011). The European colonization of Africa. Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds Publ.

Wilson, D. and Morton, G. (2013). Irish and Scottish Encounters with Indigenous Peoples. Montréal [Qué.]: McGill-Queen's University Press.