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The Negative Effects of Colonization When Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic, looking for a new route to the East, he found a New World. In this New World he found a new and strange people. The landscape was different, the climate was different and the natural resources were different. After returning back to Spain and reporting this New World, the European colonialism was started. People from many of the European nations came to what would …

…power than Weston, Weston talks to him as if he is a child. Weston says that he,” bear[s] the on my shoulders the destiny of the human race.”(135) This idealology of the White Man’s Burden is the driving force behind colonization that causes resentment with the native people. The end result is that the relationship between the two peoples will always be unequal, making it impossible for the two groups to co-exist together.