One was to emphasize the importance of the interactions, often violent, that occurred between the societies of the Americas, Africa, and Europe

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One was to emphasize the importance of the interactions, often violent, that occurred between the societies of the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Second, was to complicate the idea of a "new world". The Americas were not a new world to indigenous American civilizations. However, the colonial societies that became the independent nations of today did produce a civilization in the Americas that was neither American, European, nor African but a combination of all three. Should a narrative of colliding civilizations that includes violence, plunder, forced assimilation, etc. be how we think about the founding of the colonies that eventually became the United States? Why or why not?