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mister
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Any history buffs here?
#11273060 - 10/18/09 06:59 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm looking for "what closed the Americas to European colonization?" Anyone know, this one has been a bitch to find.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: mister]
#11273075 - 10/18/09 07:01 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Do you mean why was it exclusively Europe?
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mister
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? This is the question. I think the professor left something out of this one.
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I think it was a simple geographic fact that caused The America's to be the Final Frontier for European explorers and Colonialism. Europe, Asia, Africa, they are all connected by land, making discovery and trade and Colonialism much easier. First, it was difficult for colonialist to even find America, being seperated by such long distances of water, next, this long seperation by water made estabilishing colonies difficult, it was a hard treck from Europe to America. Also, America has historically been seperated from the rest of the world, and life was much different there. They didn't find people with the same idea's as them, it was a wilderness filled with "savages".
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: mister]
#11273111 - 10/18/09 07:09 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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as in central and south america, or north america?
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: Deekay]
#11273242 - 10/18/09 07:32 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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idk exactly what your asking but this sparked the thought (that I hear somewhere) the American war of independence (1775–1783) forced Britain to look elsewhere for colonial expansion and ended up setting up Australia (1788)
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: mister]
#11273464 - 10/18/09 08:20 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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mister said: I'm looking for "what closed the Americas to European colonization?" Anyone know, this one has been a bitch to find.
As in "What halted further colonization"?
I'm not sure I quite understand the wording of the question.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: blewmeanie]
#11273474 - 10/18/09 08:22 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Do you mean how did it come to be under Europe's control and not say that of Asia's?
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: blewmeanie]
#11273498 - 10/18/09 08:25 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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blewmeanie said:
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mister said: I'm looking for "what closed the Americas to European colonization?" Anyone know, this one has been a bitch to find.
As in "What halted further colonization"?
I'm not sure I quite understand the wording of the question.
Yes that is on the line.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: mister]
#11273523 - 10/18/09 08:30 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Rebelling colonies, lack of resources, political tension, and wars.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: mister]
#11273528 - 10/18/09 08:31 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you had any particular readings prior to this question, the answer is probably somewhere in there.
It seems like the question is asking for something specific.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: blewmeanie]
#11273537 - 10/18/09 08:32 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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The tea tax fools.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: Rustifer]
#11273547 - 10/18/09 08:33 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Rustifer said: The tea tax cuts fools.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: blewmeanie]
#11273581 - 10/18/09 08:36 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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blewmeanie said:
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Rustifer said: The tea tax cuts fools.
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I don't get it, am I that drunk already?
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: blewmeanie]
#11273586 - 10/18/09 08:37 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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blewmeanie said: Rebelling colonies, lack of resources, political tension, and wars.
Ah, yes.
I think wars should encompass all global wars. Remember, India was rebelling right before the American Revolution. Thus, British troops were already being used there. France was in the French and Indian War which subsequently preoccupied the British as well.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: Rustifer]
#11273612 - 10/18/09 08:41 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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The tea act wasn't a tax on tea. It was an example of corporate corruption in government. Basically it enabled the east Indian tea company to bypass paying any tax on the tea they were importing, and it allowed them to sell it themselves, thus bypassing the local merchants.
Despite what the dumbass tea baggers might want you to believe it was actually the complete opposite of an increase in taxes.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: blewmeanie]
#11273667 - 10/18/09 08:45 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Random fun fact: The East Indian Tea Company actually had a larger navy than anyone else in the world. They were a bunch of absolute cunts who stole tea from china and imported a slightly tweeked practice of slavery from the Americas into India
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: blewmeanie]
#11273689 - 10/18/09 08:48 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Got it!!!! The Monroe Doctrine.Monroe Doctrine
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: mister]
#11273720 - 10/18/09 08:52 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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lol, that's got to be like the first example of America trying to play world cop and sticking it's nose in other peoples business.
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Re: Any history buffs here? [Re: blewmeanie]
#11273723 - 10/18/09 08:52 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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man I knew everything I learned in my elementary school history classes was complete bullshit.
So those fools participating in The Boston Tea Party were ignorant to this as I was?
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