08-22-2017, 03:19 PM
(08-22-2017, 10:58 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: I didn't say that it wasnt a bad deal. I just said that it was necessary to be what we were today. The Spanish colonies integrated with the native populations in south and Central America.
When it comes to colonization.... the brits and the Dutch did it right. Despite their aggressive actions.
... by committing genocide.
Because that's what it was.
You're entitled to your opinion, but don't try to pass it off as, at the most, providence or, in the least, some benevolent plan by European colonists to make the world a better place 400 years in the future. They saw stuff they wanted and they killed a lot of people to get it.