Settler colonialism

In comparison with other European colonial powers the English colonialisms is a late one. While the Spaniards had already established vast colonial areas throughout Middle and South America, and the Portuguese had a flowering trade in the eastern hemisphere in the Indian Ocean and even with Japan (Bitterli 52-69), the English only succeeded in settling down on the North American Coast in Jamestown in 1607 and on the Lesser Antilles only in the 1620s and 1630s (Sheridan, 394). These little…

Union did not like the factor it seemed to reflect capitalism. The concern for Africans independents was never on their agenda because all they saw was a nation with many resources like Europe. Therefore, in the video The Wind of Change (the end of colonialism in Africa) how Africans looked at the United States for guidance. For instance, I recall when the man was giving a speech and he said “United States of Africa”. This seemed like something they were trying achieve; however, as the saying…

Different European countries each shaped the new world in their own way… Everyone has their own way of doing things, from taking care of financial business to taking care of their families. Throughout our history books you see many governments do what they have to do, to better the people. Each country shaped the new world with three motives. The Spanish, English, French and Dutch were motivated by the three G’s, Gold, Glory and God. They wanted to be wealthy and finding gold would do that for…

predominantly English-speaking regions of Canada created a single concept of what being Canadian meant, at the expense of other distinct cultures within Canada, including French-Canadians as well as Inuit, Metis, and First Nations groups. As British colonialism expanded across Canada, existing cultures became increasingly dominated by British values and cultural norms as the British attempted…

views that the colonizer has about the colonized subjects. The colonizer often imprints the colonized subject with ideas of underdevelopment and a lack of empathy and rationality. Therefore, the colonial subject is ‘dehumanized’ in the process of colonialism, which in extent turns or allows the colonial subject to be seen as an animal. Fanon states, “You do not turn any society, however primitive it may be, upside down with such a program if you have not decided from the very beginning to…

Oscar Wilde once said “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation”. Joseph Boyden describes the devastating impact that colonialism had on the Wendat people through his novel The Orenda, which explores the collisions of worlds of the Huron, Iroquois, and French. Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock by Drew Taylor illustrates the plight of the Odawa tribe, through a magical encounter of three members - one from past, present,…

Life in America was difficult for early settlers coming for a new life. These settlers were looking for freedoms in this new land. They faced many hardships with trying to make the new land work, but they finally established a new life. Daily life in colonial America was really rough on the colonists and early settlers. They were very frightened as they lived in this new country, without any friends or relatives to help them face it. A few of the Native Americans helped them agree with the…

schools and link that to why crime rates and incarceration is higher in Aboriginal society then in the rest of Canada. The European settlers who colonized Canada and with the help of the Catholic church created the IRS system to systematically destroy the Aboriginal culture by coercive practices (MacDonald 2014: 308-309). The IRS system was set up by European settlers…

Reconciliation is described to be a three-fold strategy by Victoria Freeman. She argues that becoming reconciled means to accept something unpleasant, that no matter how much restitution is offered: “nothing settlers can ever do will fully make up or restore what was lost or damaged through colonialism.” Aboriginal people have to reconcile that non-Aboriginal people are in Canada by way of the treaties. The fallacy in this argument is in its definition. Expecting forgiveness is not a good reason…

According to The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, "Colonialism in Canada may be best understood as Indigenous peoples’ forced disconnection from land, culture and community by another group" (1). Additionally, settler colonialism in Canada occurred as land was appropriated and culture was diminished from the indigenous people by Western society due to the vast number of Europeans who greatly outnumbered the population (1). Western society has imposed a number of…