European countries colonized other lands in the 1500s due to declining natural resources and overpopulation at home. By colonizing the Americas, European colonists gained access to new lands and opportunities but killed, enslaved, or displaced millions of native Americans in the process. The European colonization of the Americas resulted in genocide of native peoples and was one of the bloodiest periods in human history. European colonists also brought African slaves to the Americas to work, especially after native Americans proved to not survive slavery well. Colonialism essentially involved foreign groups invading, killing, enslaving, or displacing indigenous populations and establishing control over new territories and peoples.

1. One Reason many european countires colonized
other lands and peoples is because many european
countries were running out of natural resources.

2. In europe by the 1500's and on, there was much
deforestation and poverty, and the population was
becoming too great for the land and government to
handle.

3. By colonizing the americas , for example english,
french, portuguese and spanish colonists were able
to have new lands and opportunities, but in the
process millions of native american's were killed
enslaved intermarried, or forced to leave their land.

4. Indeed , the european colonization of the americas
was perhaps the bloodiest and most horrific time in
the human history.

5. Besides the genocide of native americans european
colonists brought african slaves to the americans to
work especially after finding out that native
americans would just die in slavery.

6. Imagine this men who you've never seen before come
to your house and your neighbors house and they all
have as much weapons as they can carry.

7. Then they start killing or enslaving you your family
and your neighbors.

8. And you and your family and your neighbors fight
back but are crushed by the men's superior weapons.

9. And soon you and most of your family and your
neighbors are gone--killed enslaved intermarried or
forced to live somewhere else.

10. This is what colonialism it is death it is slavery it is
the end of one group and the expansion of another
group.