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'''North America''', also known as '''Turtle Island''',<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/turtle-island "Turtle Island."] The Canadian Encyclopedia. Thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. </ref><ref>Wilson, Kory, and Colleen Hodgson. 2018. [https://opentextbc.ca/indigenizationfoundations/front-matter/example-intro-no-textbox/ “Introduction.]” Opentextbc.ca. BCcampus. September 5, 2018.</ref> is the northern part of the [[America|American continent]]. North America is located primarily within the Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere. Depending on context, the term "North America" may include or exclude certain regions and countries, depending on geographical and sociocultural considerations. Geographically, North America is typically considered to extend from [[Canada]] in the north to [[Panama]] in the south. Due to cultural, historical, and linguistic factors, [[Mexican United States|Mexico]], together with [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America|South American]] countries, also may be grouped under the name [[Latin America]], with the [[United States of America]] and Canada being referred to as Anglo-America. Some limited definitions of North America refer only to the USA and Canada, and may or may not also include Mexico.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/North-America “North America | Countries, Regions, Map, Geography, & Facts”] ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. </ref> | '''North America''', also known as '''Turtle Island''',<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/turtle-island "Turtle Island."] The Canadian Encyclopedia. Thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. </ref><ref>Wilson, Kory, and Colleen Hodgson. 2018. [https://opentextbc.ca/indigenizationfoundations/front-matter/example-intro-no-textbox/ “Introduction.]” Opentextbc.ca. BCcampus. September 5, 2018.</ref> is the northern part of the [[America|American continent]]. North America is located primarily within the Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere. Depending on context, the term "North America" may include or exclude certain regions and countries, depending on geographical and sociocultural considerations. Geographically, North America is typically considered to extend from [[Canada]] in the north to [[Panama]] in the south. Due to cultural, historical, and linguistic factors, [[Mexican United States|Mexico]], together with [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America|South American]] countries, also may be grouped under the name [[Latin America]], with the [[United States of America]] and Canada being referred to as Anglo-America. Some limited definitions of North America refer only to the USA and Canada, and may or may not also include Mexico.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/North-America “North America | Countries, Regions, Map, Geography, & Facts”] ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. </ref> | ||
Prior to [[Europe|European]] [[ | Prior to [[Europe|European]] [[Colonialism|colonization]], [[Native Americans]], also known as First Nations people and American Indians, lived in autonomous nations throughout America. The economic and political structure of the various peoples of North America were complex, interconnected, and diverse, with some of the nations being nomadic or semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers while others built large urban complexes and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Nations and cultures across North America developed highly sophisticated social orders, built monumental urban centers, engaged in long-distance trade and agriculture on a large scale, inventing irrigation systems which still exist in parts of the United States in the present day (such as the U.S. Southwest, notably the area around Phoenix, [[Arizona]]).<ref>Mark, Joshua J. [https://www.worldhistory.org/Pre-Colonial_North_America/ “Pre-Colonial North America.”] World History Encyclopedia. May 6, 2021.</ref> | ||
As Europeans began to colonize America, a long period of struggle, cultural disruption, and [[genocide]] ensued as the [[Settler colonialism|settler-colonial]] system was violently installed throughout the continent. As part of the establishment of settler-colonial society, [[Slavery|enslaved]] peoples were brought mainly from [[Africa]] to work on the land seized by European settlers. To this day, settler-colonial regimes continue occupy the continent, while the native nations face marginalization on their own land. The African diaspora forcibly brought to the Americas by the settlers as well as the indigenous nations continue to struggle against the settler-states through a variety of methods. [[Decolonization]] is a pressing political consideration of the region, as in many other regions of the world. | As Europeans began to colonize America, a long period of struggle, cultural disruption, and [[genocide]] ensued as the [[Settler colonialism|settler-colonial]] system was violently installed throughout the continent. As part of the establishment of settler-colonial society, [[Slavery|enslaved]] peoples were brought mainly from [[Africa]] to work on the land seized by European settlers. To this day, settler-colonial regimes continue occupy the continent, while the native nations face marginalization on their own land. The African diaspora forcibly brought to the Americas by the settlers as well as the indigenous nations continue to struggle against the settler-states through a variety of methods. [[Decolonization]] is a pressing political consideration of the region, as in many other regions of the world. | ||
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=== Colonization === | === Colonization === | ||
Upon the arrival of the Europeans, native peoples found their culture changed drastically. As such, their affiliation with political and cultural groups changed as well, several linguistic groups went extinct, and others changed quite quickly. The name and cultures that Europeans recorded for the natives were not necessarily the same as the ones they had used a few generations before, or the ones in use today. Rivalry between the European powers created a series of wars on the North American landmass that would have great impact on the development of the colonies. Territory often changed hands multiple times. Settlers used tactics of ethnic cleansing to continuously remove native people from their lands, opening the land to European settlement and use. The [[Indian Removal Act]], which resulted in the [[Trail of Tears]], and the [[California genocide]] are examples of some of the methods used by settlers to seize control of the land. | |||
Upon the arrival of the Europeans, native peoples found their culture changed drastically. As such, their affiliation with political and cultural groups changed as well, several linguistic groups went extinct, and others changed quite quickly. The name and cultures that Europeans recorded for the natives were not necessarily the same as the ones they had used a few generations before, or the ones in use today. Rivalry between the European powers created a series of wars on the North American landmass that would have great impact on the development of the colonies. Territory often changed hands multiple times. Settlers used tactics of ethnic cleansing to continuously remove native people from their lands, opening the land to European settlement and use. The [[Indian Removal Act]], which resulted in the [[Trail of Tears]], and the [[California genocide]] | |||
=== Slavery === | === Slavery === | ||
The Atlantic | The Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade, or Euro-American slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of various enslaved African peoples, mainly to the Americas. People put into slavery were forced to work in many forms of labor throughout the Americas, agricultural production being a major sector in which their labor was used. Many forms of domination were used to keep the slavery system in place. Slavers engaged in a wide variety of physical and mental torture methods to control their slaves, clergy preached that slavery was the will of God, and scientists of the time sought to "prove" that Black people were less evolved, regarding them as a subspecies of the human race.<ref>[https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/timeline/slavery.htm “Slavery in America - Timeline - Jim Crow Museum.”] Ferris.edu.</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Continents]] | [[Category:Continents]] |