COLONIZERS
Name one European country that had colonies.
Spain, Britain, France, Portugal, Netherlands
What are the 3 g's?
god, glory, gold
What happened to many Indigenous people after Europeans arrived? (3)
Disease, death, loss of land
Name 3 resources taken from colonies.
Gold, sugar, fur, cotton, spices
Did Indigenous peoples resist colonization?
Yes
This country colonized Canada.
Britain / France
What is one reason countries wanted colonies?
Money, land, power, resources
What was often taken from Indigenous peoples?
Land
What crop made huge money in the Europe?
Tobacco
Name one way people resisted.
Fighting, escaping, hiding culture, protests
This country colonized much of South America.
Spain
Colonies provided raw materials for what?
Factories / Industry
What is one way Indigenous cultures were changed?
Language loss, residential schools, religion changes
What crop made huge money in the Caribbean?
Sugar
What is it called when people fight back against control?
Resistance / Rebellion (potential for revolution)
This country focused heavily on trade in Africa and Asia
Portugal / Netherlands
This belief system claimed Europeans were superior.
Racism
What happened to many traditional ways of life?
They were disrupted or destroyed
What system/place used enslaved people for farm labor?
Plantation system
What do you think happened to many colonies in the 1900s?
They gained independence
This European rivalry led to global competition for colonies
Britain vs France (or general European competition)
Colonizers didn’t just take land and resources—they also took and reused this part of Indigenous identity without consent.
What is culture? / Cultural appropriation
What is one effect of colonization that still exists today?
Poverty, borders, inequality, cultural loss
What triangle trade connected these three regions?
Europe, Africa, Americas
What do we call the process of gaining independence from a colonizer?
Decolonization