People and countries colonized other lands and peoples for reasons like capturing slaves, stealing natural resources, and becoming wealthy. For example, the Spanish colonized parts of the Americas to do these things, and as a result the population became mixed European and Native American. Similarly, the English colonized what is now the US by stealing land and bringing women as slaves, not native people, were brought from Africa instead. Colonization led to globalization and the spread of the colonizers' language and religion, threatening traditional cultures.