AS PART OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA, WE REVIEWED EUROPE PRIOR AND DURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY: THE RENAISSANCE, THE IMPACT OF THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN MONACHIES, THE CRUSADES AND SPREAD OF CHRISTENDOM, THE BLACK PLAGUE, AND THE EXPANSION OF CAPITALISM. REFLECT ON THIS KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT NEW UNDERSTANDINGS THIS BODY OF KNOWLEDGE REVEALS ABOUT THE COLONIZATION OF AMERICAS.


