Was the collision of the Old and New Worlds a unique event in American history or is it a standard example of human patterns of migration, cooperation, and domination?

How does the information provided by the Big History Project (BHP) in the videos How Did Agriculture Begin After the Last Ice Age?, The First Cities and States, Why Did Civilizations Expand?, and How Did The World Become Interconnected? contradict, support, and/or expand on each other and on the video When Worlds Collide (WWC)? How does the information contradict, support, and/or expand what we have learned through the readings and in class? BHP (Big History Project) VERSUS WWC (When Worlds Collide).

Was the collision of the Old and New worlds a unique event in American history or is it a standard example of human patterns of migration, cooperation, and domination? How and why did new identities arise in the new world after the arrival of the europeans ? who did they serve ? how did the spanish empire in the americas foster sufficient legitimacy to survive for 400 years while fighting off the Dutch, French, and English until finally done in by their fellow americans from the united states in 1898?

1803: The Louisiana Purchase is completed, doubling the size of the United States and opening up new territories for American expansion.
1810-1825: The Latin American Wars of Independence begin, leading to the eventual liberation of most of South America from Spanish colonial rule.
1823: The United States issued the Monroe Doctrine, declaring that the Americas were off-limits for European colonization and intervention.
1840: The Industrial Revolution, which took place in Europe, revolutionized how things were produced and resulted in enormous advances in technology and transportation.
1846-1848: The Mexican-American War takes place, resulting in the cession of much of Mexico’s northern territories to the United States.
1884-1885: The Berlin Conference takes place, in which European powers divide up and colonize Africa.
1898: The Spanish-American War takes place, resulting in the cession of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States and the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Americas when Spain formally agreed to a peace protocol on U.S. terms.

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