The impact of colonialism was more different than similar for the United States of America and Australia even though they were both colonised by the same imperial empire, the British. When the United States were colonised, it was known as the Thirteen Colonies and they were mostly dominated by the Spanish and Portuguese whereas Australia was nearly colonised by the French which encouraged the British to colonise the country. They are more different because the two countries were colonised at different times and so the uses would have been different. Nonetheless, the two countries were both improved one way or the either.

When the British were in charge of the land, they did use it for their own good but still they helped improve it. They taught the people in the colonised country skills which might have helped the country gained its wealth. For the thirteen colonies, the British helped established the tobacco business which has helped USA gain wealth whereas for Australia, they brought in science and technology. However, there are still other effects from being colonised. …show more content…
America was founded by spanish and portuguese and these two Empires had great success in terms of resources and gold which led to the British empire to have colonised the rest of the land in America hoping for the same result. The British also colonised America when they had a desperate need for more resources and that was the reason why they had to colonise the thirteen colonies. Australia was colonised as the British needed more space and so by colonising Australia, they were able to move some of the prisons over. Australia was then converted into a prison. Before Australia was officially colonised by the British, the French empire was deciding whether to do or not. In order to prevent the French empire from expanding, the British colonised