UNC-Chapel Hill
MUSC 286 -
Settlement or Exploitation
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Typically thought to have one of two purposes: settlement or exploitation • Spanish/Portuguese colonies in Central/South America:• Extraction of riches• Religious conversion (to Christianity) of the indigenous populations• British colonization of North America was about settlement:• Fleeing established Church of England• Lacked typical goals of imperialism (to gain riches and convert others)• Others based on significant economic exploitation:• British India• American Philippines and Puerto Rico• Dutch East Indies• Japanese Taiwan,
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