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Answer the following questions pointwise
Discuss the process of establishment of colonies in west Europe, Asia and Africa
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Answer:The European colonists who founded these colonies either settled in the newly founded territories (such as of America and Australia) or invaded the nations on their military might. ... The territories of various Asian and African countries were annexed by the colonists and their economies were exploited.It is quite a historical act over a long period of time and writing a few sentences would do no justice to the atrocities of the process of colonialism. There are volumes on this subject.
In Asia, Africa and the Americas (Canada/US/Latin America) it was the usual imperialist insatiable appetite for wealth of others done in the most brutal ways under the pretext of saving the souls of the native/pagans. The term genocide was only coined in 1944 but did not apply to the European nations. European colonization was different.
They (Raleigh, Columbus, Leopold, conquistadores) were funded by the monarchs to take the property of others and build the empires up north. The Church and the military were also effective tools of colonization.
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