Settler colonialism

whether nationalism is the cause or effect of imperialism. The perspective of a typical white man during the 19th and 20th century is exceptionally different from how the uncolonized people view imperialism. Western Empires were supportive of colonialism, however the common population and uncivilized favored nationalism. Nationalism allows for emancipation and the unity of shared history, language, and beliefs. The documents support imperialism to little extent, the evidence critiques…

States as being a ‘consensual colonialism’ for the Native Americans which would benefit “them.” This accepted narrative often ignores the injustice committed against Native Americans due to perpetuating the myth of American exceptionalism by labeling of the foundation of America as being free of carnage and not related the heinous acts that are most associated with the Jewish holocaust after the term “genocide” was created. Many argue that the actions of European settlers towards Native…

The Resistance The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. This is the definition of Colonialism that can be found online if the reader googles colonialism. What is not mentioned in the definition is how this term systematically unbalanced, the world and created a plethora of turmoil and greed. The colonization of Africa was not an easy feat, the European colonizers often refused to…

The Introduction of Colonialism in North America and the Horrors It Brought The Spanish, specifically Queen Isabella, sent Christopher Columbus to discover a new route to Asia, in order to compete with the rising power of the Portuguese. This one decision however, began the race for world colonization and would eventually lead to the death of millions of Native Americans from war, famine, displacement, and disease. The first recorded contact between Native Americans and European powers occurred…

The first permanent English colony in America was established in Jamestown, where slavery would later become prevalent. After the arrival of the Puritans in America, the idea of freedom began to play a role in colonial life. During the Enlightenment Era, the concepts of liberty and human rights gained popularity in American political culture. By the Revolutionary Era, freedom and liberty had become defining factors in American identity. It is one of the greatest ironies in history that during…

paper, I will examine what Indigenous incarceration looks like in Canada and the negative impacts state control over Indigenous peoples is highly problematic, particularly due to systemic racism and overrepresentation in prisons and are legacies of colonialism and residential schools. I will explore, using the treaty-federalist model described by James Tully, concurrent authority of criminal justice and justice administration between the Canadian government and First Nation’s jurisdiction…

The European conquers forced the native people to work the mining fields and farming to support their colonial motherland according to Galeano, “colonial America was made to serve europe’s accumilation of capital” (Galeano & Fried). While Europeans settlers and colonial motherland benefited from encounter, native people suffered deeply. One of the historic legacies that colonial powers to subjugate were that the…

During the age of colonialism, several European rivals raced to the New World to expand their empires; naturally, settlers from competing countries treated the Indians they encountered differently. The English tried making friends but viewed them as savages, the French adopted a policy of inclusion while slowly forcing religious views, and the Spanish mistreated the Indians due to the greed for silver and gold. The inhumane treatment of the Indians by the English spans back to the first…

Columbian Exchange was a period of globalized trade between the New World and the Old World. The components of trade included the exchange of ideas, disease, food crops and populations between the New and Old Worlds.1, which was driven by European colonialism in the Americas. In our patterns up close section we are given an argument based on this exchange that explains how Europe was the clear winner in this global exchange.2 We, as an audience, should embrace what is being said in this section…

Nestled at the feet of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, those symbolic pillars of industry and colonialism, the Resort Municipality of Whistler is indebted to an entrenched whiteness and masculinity that structures the town, its citizens, and its history. I grew up, like most white Canadians, entirely oblivious of my posture as a settler on this land that I called home. Specifically, I had no knowledge of the indigenous histories and bodies erased by my presence; I knew nothing of the Líl̓wat…