What was the effect of independence and the end of colonialism on Amerindians? Consider former British, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies

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Toward the end of the colonial era, European nations strove to control the expansion of their peoples in an effort to end the perpetual fighting with Amerindians. Independence removed that check on expansion, but at the same time the revolutionary struggles for freedom weakened newly independent peoples. Amerindians took advantage of that temporary weakness to push back Euro-American advances. Amerindians continued to resist expansion, adapting in unique ways to new technologies and opportunities, such as horses and firearms. Euro-American setbacks were only temporary, however. In places such as the United States, military efforts led by the national government forcibly removed Amerindians to more remote and less viable reservations. In Argentina, powerful Amerindian groups were kept at peace only through an elaborate system of gift giving and prisoner exchanges. Ultimately, however, Amerindians lost their land. Increases in population and new technologies enabled their opponents to overwhelm them.