How did competition between European nations affect North and South America?

Question

How did competition between European nations affect North and South America?

Answer 1

I would say the principal effect on those continents of competition was that it gave the indigenous people a slight chance of forming alliances to stave off their complete elimination as peoples. This certainly happened in the area of New England and what was then called New France, now mainly Quebec.

Answer 2

French influence in Louisiana , Canada ( Quebec) , Spanish influence in S.America , British influence in both and Dutch influence in N.America . The warring nations fought over and colonised both areas with masses of historical reference .

Answer 3

I think you mean this question with regard to independence movements. It's hard to say since the question is so broad.

The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) involved all of the major European powers of the period, causing 900,000 to 1,400,000 deaths. As a result of this war, Britain incurred large debts which resulted in putting taxes on the American colonies. The taxes were the primary cause of the American Revolution.

The outbreak of Napoleonic Wars destabilized the French government which gave the slaves in Haiti an opportunity to revolt. Haiti was the second nation to gain independence.

About 8 years later, when France invaded Spain and installed Napolean's brother as King of Spain, the revolutionary groups in Spanish America saw their opportunity. One by one the Spanish colonies declared their independence. Their wars were considerably bloodier than the American wars (revolutionary and War of 1812).

Canada and Brazil did not have revolutions. They were given independence by their mother countries. Great Britain actually was the country that instigated Canada's independence. They believed that after the American Civil War, USA would eventually take over Canadian territory unless it was independent. I would say that was a very legitimate concern.