Works of the European Advantage and Other Empires

European Advantage

In “discovering” the new world the motivation dominantly placed in the three G’s: God, Gold, and Glory.  The Europeans used God as a rational thought to excuse themselves of the harm they are doing to the Natives.  Gold is another incentive the travelers used because it is the source of trade.  Many also traveled to the new land to gain a sense of power or to escape from something whether that be debt or a bad life.  And of course many took the chance to venture to the new land because they seek an adventure in their life.  People will drop everything behind to find something new because they want to find more meaning in their lives.  There was a dominate number of men on the ships, for every seven men there was one woman.  The woman traveling had to be mentally and physically tough to deal with this difference.  As the Europeans settled in the new lands there started “new people.”  There are the Mostizos, Peninsularos, and the Creoles.

Other Empires.

The Russian Empire took three centuries between 1500 and 1800s to develop its reign all the way across to the Pacific.  Like many other powerful empires, such as the Mongols, the making of the Russian Empire suffered with protecting their pastoral lands from invaders.  Their lands were frequently raided by the Russians neighbors.  Those stolen would be sold into slavery.  The Russians decided to cross over into Siberia because their land offered the most promises.  The Russians invested their time into the "soft gold."  Soft gold is referred to the fur-bearing animals; this is held at high importance because fur provided a person with warmth given the area is dominated in freezing temperatures.  As their territory expanded, the various forts being built started to solve the security problems among the land.  The building of the Russian Empire depended not only on its leaders but also on the merchants, hunters, peasant agricultural settlers, churchmen, exiles, criminals, and adventures.  In other words, this Empire seeks the support from every avenue it has.

Russian migrants would offer their knowledge of the land to help improve the economy and the society as a whole.  The political leaders and educated Russians define the Russian frontiers; enhancing the power of the Russian state; and bringing Christianity, civilization, and enlightenment to savages.  The Russians with higher power felt they were helping the people become more civilized.  The term savages is daunting because just because a group of people do not live in cities or have a "defined" government does not necessarily mean they are savages.  To that society group they believe their ways of life are normal, and just because their ways differ from the "educated" does not mean they are abnormal.

Living in the Russian Empire means there is access to weaponry meaning the Russians are able to better defend themselves from the Mongols who showed an increase amount of resistance when the Russians were conquering the land.  The Russian authorities insist that the native people swore an oath to the Russians: "Eternal submission to the grand tsar."  Not only did they demand a verbal oath but a payment as well referred to as yasak, or tribute.  This payment could be made in cash or in something else.  There was tragic epidemics, especially in the remote regions of Siberia where local people suffer from small pox or measles due to the lack of immunity.