Dbq Colonizing South America

Colonization was like the game battleship during the 15th century, because the objective of it was to conquer the most land as possible to gain control. It had negative and positive affects on countries but the negative is what people judge it off of, but that should not be the case. Africa and the Europeans is a prime example, in which the Europeans gained control over Africa’s nations. Things changed when they arrived. Looking back on it, the U.S has a decision on whether to colonize South America. The first thoughts on it are, look what they did negatively but look what they did positively. The U.S should consider colonizing South America because it could benefit for both groups. The U.S can influence the wealth of the country, provide better education, healthcare and introduce new and improved technology all in positive ways.

One positive factor to colonization would be the introduction and enhancement of better education and healthcare. With the U.S being a developed country, they can provide South America with thing that will benefit the people there. In Doc 4, it says how “European missionaries built schools which taught Africans how to read and write...Many schools taught mathematics, which helped prepare African

children for jobs that require higher skills…introduction of European languages such as English or French helped to bring man African tribes together,” (Euro. Imperialism, 4/7/15, Page. 3). With that being said, their were many issues between ethnic groups, causing wars and disputes, that were later fixed.

Another factor is the U.S can help improve the wealth of South America.

The U.S can implement their trade value to help in South America’s trade value as well. In Doc 1, it says “African products came to be valued on the international market,” (Scramble for Africa, Page. 784). Also, with the U.S having advanced technology, using their transportation to help make trading more efficient and easier, increasing South America’s GDP, such as the Europeans did for the African nations. With the additions of increased market value, while providing improved transportation methods for trading will be beneficial to South America’s economy. This will provide them with a better trade market, interesting countries to want to trade, which is also

positive.

The last reason why the U.S should consider this is because they can provide South America with advanced technology, which would help turn them around. People may say that when Africa was colonized there were some new diseases that were brought into their country in result killing many people. Now knowing that the U.S being a developed country having advanced technology and money to provide care and treatment for diseases to reduce the deaths of people from diseases in South America. In Doc 3, they helped as they “…checked famine and disease,” (Sir F. D. Lugard, 1929, Page.1). Also in Doc 4, it talked about how European missionaries provided health clinics and improved hospitals that inducted modern methods of medicine to treat patients who get sick. Not only that but the European doctors who were highly skilled, began to work and research to help counter the countries most harmful diseases. The problems that South America would face whether it is disease related or not would become much more manageable with the improvement of technology.

With the help of the U.S, South America could be on their to a better country in the future. The United States helping increase the wealth and GDP of South America, providing better education and healthcare for the people and lastly introducing their advanced technology will have positive results for both South America and the U.S. Increase in the wealth and GDP of South America, will happen as a result of providing better education and technology. Better education means better jobs, and better jobs means more money for the people, which is key. Also in terms of technology, it can be many different ways such as providing better hospitals, railroads, schools and more, will help South America in some way. Many people view the world and people in it, as negative and bad as a whole. We all tend to recognize the bad things and talk about them more than what was positive. The Europeans helped give the Africans a sense of nationalism, that helped influence and encourage them to become an independent nation, and who says the U.S cannot do the same.