DBQ: The New World

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DBQ Five hundred years ago, the backbone of the most powerful civilizations in the world began to take place. During the 16th and 17th century, European and Spanish colonization took place in the New Worlds known as North and South America. Although the New World’s greatly influenced the Old World and brought a new age of exploration, the effect of colonization have also have changed and influenced the lives of the natives. During the 16th and 17th centuries, in Spanish America and Asia, natives had a generally positive attitude towards the arrival of foreigners due to the positive view of the Europeans in regards to the natives in Spanish America and Asia, the good natured arrival of the foreigners in Asia, however, the natives did not have