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How does the arrival of the early Europeans has changed or affected the land and the people of the Americas. Discuss the effect of the encounter of these two worlds by focusing on the physical and the non-physical outcomes.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the movements to explore the new world increased rapidly. Among them was the arrival of the early Europeans on Americas. Only in a few decades this arrival has changed the land and the people of the Americas both on the physical the non-physical outcomes.
On the physical outcomes, within a few decades after the arrival of European Ships on October 12, 1492, successive waves of explorers and colonists slaughtered, raped, and exploited indigenous populations who were poorly equipped to resist the bearded, white strangers invading their bays, inlets, and high plateaus. As mentioning in “The Second Voyage: The Cannibals” of Columbus: “Having her in my room and she being naked as is their custom, I began to want to amuse myself with her. Since I wanted to have my way with her and she was not willing, she worked me over so badly with her…To get to the end of the story, seeing how things were going, I got a rope and tied her up so tightly t...

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