Hey guys, I'm a newbie, but this topic intrigued me
I just want to say, first off, that I agree mostly with what SSC has been saying. While James H and AntiA are entitled to their opinions, as the old saying goes, they are not entitled to their own facts. It's fairly glib to say something like...
...do you see how that might be taken as ignorant, or glib?
Conquest and imperialism are pretty endemic to human history, so it's not really a slight against European empires (or any other empires and dynasties which have existed in the history of mankind), it's just an iteration of the truth. European emigration to the Americas wasn't peaceful, war was had, we know all know this. I really hope your schools did a better job at instilling critical thinking skills and facts than you're showcasing on this thread, JamesH and AntiA.