Today, we began a new unit. The notes we took are below:
Meanwhile… back in the past… cultural contact… not always good.
The English were :
· Technologically advanced (had guns)
· Civilized (had political systems that were written)
· Religion: Christian ( thought theirs was the only “right” one …
the Aboriginals were labeled as “Heathens (people who don’t believe
in Jesus as their savior
Europeans got it into their heads that they were superior and that they needed
to teach the Aboriginals to be just like them (yippee!).
Europeans also got it into their heads that there were a lot of really good
resources kicking around that the Aboriginals wouldn’t miss (ie: fur, trees,
buffalo, precious metals, fish….. hmmmmmmmmm…)
Here is the question… why didn’t the Aboriginals simply say "no" and kick
them off their land?
· Natives were in different tribes so they weren’t organized
· The technology kept them from being able to affectively fight
· Small pox and other diseases had killed off large numbers of
them and the ones left were not as healthy
· Alcohol!!!!!! Depleted their strength
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