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    including preparing and serving the food‚ weaving clothing‚ and raising and educating the children. When settlers came to the New World they were appalled to see how the Native American women did all of the traditional and manual labor‚ according to European standards. They worked in and around the house‚ reared the children‚ prepared the food and created pottery. They also worked in the fields tilling the land and farming. What the early explorers noted was the men were leisurely enjoying their lives

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    European Nations Settle North America Competing Claims in North America The French‚ English and Dutch established colonies in North America Explorers Establish New France Giovanni da Verrazano‚ an Italian in the service of France. In 1524 he sailed to N/A in search of sea route to the Pacific Verrazano discover the New york harbor Frenchman Jacques Cartier reached a gulf off the eastern coast of Canada that led to a broad river ( St. Lawrence) He also found the island Mont Real‚ which

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    The Discovery

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    THE DISCOVERY THE DISCOVERY ‘The Discovery’‚ by J.C Squire describes a historical event: Christopher Columbus’s ‘discovery’ of the New World on his 1942 expedition across the Atlantic Ocean which initiated the process of Spanish colonisation. The poem has gone by several names including ‘The Caravels‚ ‘Sonnet’ and ‘There was an Indian’. John Collings Squire (J.C Squire) (1884-1958) was a British poet‚ writer‚ historian‚ influential literary critic and editor of the post WW1 period.

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    How does the poem”Understand Old one” portrait the concept of “discovery”? Discovery can have a different impact on different individuals. The composer ”Oodgeroo Noonuccal” reflects on her discovery of the” old native burial ground” as a spiritual journey‚ rather than an intellectual journey experienced by the scientists and the modern world. Discovery can offer us a positive or negative experience. Oodgeroo Noonuccal felt strongly reverential towards the old one and the past‚ but she was more

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    Caught Between Introduction Colonization and imperialism are inherently associated with an economic model that is meant to boost the economy of the colonizing power (herein referred to as benefactor state) by providing target market for manufactured goods and source of raw materials. During the twentieth century most colonies gained independence or autonomy resulting in a disruption of the economic model associated with colonization and imperialism. A current trend is globalization which

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    of Native populations in the Americas during colonization. During the 1500’s‚ exploration and settlement in the Americas was becoming popular among a lot of European nations like Spain‚ Portugal‚ France‚ England and the Netherlands. Depending on what each nation wanted with the land affected how they treated the natives in the Americas. The colonization of the European settlers interfered with the natives’ survival and their way of life. The European settlers exchanged diseases

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    Age of exploration

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    ______________________________________________________________________ Age of Exploration DBQ Essay This question is based on the accompanying documents. The question is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. Some of these documents have been edited for the purposes of this question. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account the source of each document and any point of view that may be presented in the document. Historical Context: The Age of Exploration was a time period that brought two previously

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    During the colonization of the Americas‚ much of the European social order underwent a drastic shift. The English colonies for North America lacked an established political structure when founded. Many of the colonies established representative government‚ religious tolerance‚ and equality to varying degrees because of this. During the 17th century‚ from 1607 to 1700‚ the colonies both expanded and retracted these liberties. Many settlers of the New World aimed to institute representative governments

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    find new trade routes‚ goods‚ and land. This was the goal of many European explorers. Up until this point‚ the Vikings had developed trade networks. Leif Eriksson‚ a son of a Viking‚ sailed from West Norway to Greenland when heavy winds blew his ship to the coast of North America. It was not until 300 years later‚ in the 1400s‚ when people became interested in the discovery of new land and when Henry the Navigator advanced exploration by building a navigation school. Advancements in technology and

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    The Age of exploration was from the late 1400 to the 1700. It was a time period where many countries sought out new resources and trade routes. The two countries that were notorious in exploration during the Renaissance were Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish were rivals in exploration. They were always competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored‚ colonised and made more voyages

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