What is Colonialism and how did it impact the natives of what we now know as The Americas?

After you read the selected pages in the reading ( pg, 12-21)  Write a response to the Title of the topic, what is Colonialism and how did it impact the natives of what we now know as the Americas. you can use your intellect to write up, what life was like for the native people but also how did it change. REMEMBER this counts as Participation.. and please do respond to each other's comments so that I know you are reading other people's responses and interacting with them.