10 Questions
What was the nature of control on colonies like in South Asia?
Trading companies became political power
What drove people to establish colonies in America, Africa, and Asia?
Prospects of profit
How did the European settlers and the native peoples of America and Australia view civilization?
As competing notions
How did the native peoples of North America obtain goods according to the text?
By receiving them as gifts
What kind of activities did the trading companies in South Asia engage in?
Building infrastructure like railways
Why did the Native peoples of North America lose their land?
They were tricked into signing treaties that took away more land or paid less.
What did the European settlers imagine about the forests in North America?
They imagined the forests to be converted into cornfields.
Why did a civil war break out in the USA from 1861-65?
To abolish slavery and grant freedom to African Americans.
What did US President Andrew Jackson do regarding the Cherokee tribe in Georgia?
He ordered the US army to evict them from their land despite a court ruling in their favor.
How did the northern states of the USA view slavery compared to the southern states?
Northern states were against slavery and worked to abolish it while southern states supported it.
Explore the interactions between European settlers and native peoples in America and Australia, focusing on the contrasting notions of civilization. Delve into sources such as oral history, historical and fiction works by natives, galleries and museums of native art, and the impact of European imperialism.
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