COLONIZATION vs. EXPLOITATION

COLONIZATION vs. EXPLOITATION
With misperception of Indians, the colonists of the New World tried to gain prosperity through so-called-abundance in the region. In the journals of Christopher Colombus, Cabeza de Vaca, John Smith and Samuel de Champlain, we see that the colonists not only exploited the natural resources but also enslaved Indians despite their hospitality. This colonization period, of course, created a lot changes in terms of culture, environment, and economy. These changes unfortunately did not help Indians acquire reality of the colonization as a useful matter but a misery after the permanent se...