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Europe and the ‘New World'

Tutorial Question: Why were the ‘westerners' (Spanish, English, Portuguese's, French etc) able to displace the native people's of America with, seemingly, relative ease? Was this evidence of a superior ‘civilisation'?

Many believe that there is a great difference between ‘westerners' and the native people of the lands they conquered. The truth is, that there is not great distinction, except in the minds of white men. ‘Westerners' such as the French, Spanish, English and Portuguese have always believed in their own superiority. This confidence gave them the strength to displace the natives and also the justification for doing so. The civilized world seemed to grow, and change with new directions being mastered all the time, the ‘non civilized' world seemed to stand still in a era recognized by Europeans as unprogressive and primitive. The Europeans viewed the Native Americans with mixed opinion, in many ways they despised their ignorance,......

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