Eduardo+Romero



=What was colonialism and what role did it play in the diffusion of European culture?=

=What is colonialism?=

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**Colonialism** is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. Colonialism is a process whereby [|sovereignty] over the colony is claimed by the metro pole and the social structure government, and economics of the colony are changed by colonists - people from the metro pole. Colonialism is a set of unequal relationships: between the metro pole and the colony, and between the colonists and the indigenous population. =====

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> Language is a cornerstone of culture
 * What is cultural diffusion?The spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another.
 * How does cultural diffusion happen.When people go to other countries to trade, they see thing that they like.
 * The control or government influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.
 * What was the language that colonialism have? Language: a set of sounds and symbols that is used for communication.
 * Colonialism stard in the [|Age of Discovery] . [|Portugal] an**d [|Spain] ** discovered new lands across the oceans and built trading posts. For some people, it is this building of colonies across oceans that differentiates colonialism from other types of [|expansionism]