Bad actions can negatively affect your environment and can clearly have profound effects on people, animals, or nature. One of the examples that led to the destruction of culture and nature is colonization. Colonization is the mistreatment of a weak country by a powerful country, moving its population to the territory of interest and exercising the power to govern the people and the land. Some of the colonization that took place ended up eradicating people's spiritual and religious beliefs and replacing them with their own. Rather than destroying the beliefs of other peoples, the colonizers should have practiced spiritual syncretism. Spiritual syncretism, also known as spiritual hybridity, is the cultural blending of spiritual and religious beliefs. This happens when the colonized do not want to lose all their beliefs and customs, but instead choose to mix them with the beliefs of the colonizers. An example of this is Latin American culture, where Catholic saints and African tribal deities are worshiped as the same entity. In this essay, I will argue that the way European colonizers eradicated the Native American worldview and forcibly converted them to their own beliefs was unjust. I will also argue that spiritual hybridity is a better solution than eradicating other peoples' beliefs. During the European expedition to America, they founded colonies in North America which attracted thousands of settlers. The Europeans tried to get rid of the Native Americans in order to get what they wanted, which was economic wealth, land ownership, the slave trade, property, and tobacco. Mr. Zylstra writes about the “colonization of history,” the hybridization of history, and what the colonization of indigenous peoples by Europeans led to. Zylstra.Euro states...... middle of paper ......by all countries. Disagreements between countries must be handled sensitively in order to avoid wars and the resulting occupation. The United Nations should have more powers to promulgate adopted resolutions. The spread of democracy must be encouraged so that several sovereign governments can resolve problems amicably. Works cited “History of the missions”. Home - Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Internet. November 20, 2011. .Mintz, S. (2007). “European Perceptions”. Digital history. Internet. November 20, 2011. .Munene, Fred. Personal interview. 20/11/2011.Zystrla, M. “Colonization of history”. Welcome to Studying Anthropology; A resource for applied and cultural anthropology. Internet. November 20. 2011. .