I Want To Colonize South America Essay

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History always repeats itself if people do not do anything to stop it from happening again. In the late 15th century the Europeans started to colonize Africa. There were many bonuses, but more downfalls for the Africans and the Europeans. Now in the year 2030, the United States wants to colonize South America. The United States should not colonize South America because citizens will lose their traditional cultures, suffer an increase of diseases, and will be harmed by the American rule. People in America should not let history repeat itself and leave South America alone. First of all, traditional culture plays a big role in every person's life and if the United States enter South America their traditional culture may be injured. For instance, …show more content…

When new people are meeting they can give each other new diseases they have never known of before. In this case, “They were highly susceptible to malaria, a disease carried by the dense swarm of mosquitoes in Africa’s interior” (World History, 2009, p. 775). The Europeans never knew about this disease before they entered Africa. Africans have more of an immunity then the Europeans. Because Europeans have never had this disease, they do not have the cure or medication for malaria. Malaria caused many europeans deaths since they were unprepared for the discovery of this disease. In South America they have the immunity to the diseases Americans have no clue about so, U.S. travelers are more vulnerable and can bring new diseases back if they go to South America. Similarly, during revolution the causality number is estimated to reach 30 million because of the fighting, new diseases, and starvation (Things Fall Apart, 2012, p. 20). The fighting and starvation could of been avoided with more food and more training. No one could have predicted the diseases they ran into. When colonizing South America there will be more diseases that Americans find that the United States does not have medication for, this can lead to an epidemic. New diseases can hurt both communities with new diseases but also with the resistance of American

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