Analysis of New Worlds for All by Colin Calloway - Book Report/Review Example

In New Worlds for All, Colin Calloway simply referred to “new worlds” to describe the kind of culture that both Indians and Europeans developed while the invasion was ongoing, changing both the invaders and the ones being invaded (“New Worlds for All” xiii). The effort of Europeans to embark on the creation of a new world was fueled by the failure of Europeans to accept the fact that the Indian population in America already set up a society even before they did. This “New World” was created in the activity of Indians and Europeans constantly trying to prove their respective rights to settle in America and to exercise their unique cultures.

In the onset of doing so, there are positive and negative implications for both cultures. One of the positive effects would be the fact that Indians were able to gain access to new tools and technology such as guns and goods which were brought by the Europeans. This helped them improve their way of life, e.g. in hunting, building, and gathering food. On the other hand, some of the negative effects would be the diseases brought about by the Europeans, which at that time, Indians and Europeans did not know the cure for, thus resulting in many deaths.

Also, Europeans’ inexperience in survival and expedition led them to use up the land resources, resulting in its wastage. “Religious zeal, land hunger, and cultural preconceptions also turned American into a new and often nightmarish world for Indian peoples” (Calloway 6). “Political and diplomatic decisions rested more and more in European hands” (Calloway 115). Because of this inevitable contact between the Indians and Europeans, the New World was built. Although the activities and events of the birth of the “New World” were not anything new compared to the events in the old world, what makes it distinct was the fact that the cultures involved in the creation of it were at first defined by resistance to change, adaptation, and isolation.