HIST 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eurocentrism, Work Ethic, Royal Proclamation Of 1763
14 Mar 2016
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Many stereotypes of native americans were not true. Two ways to look at christopher columbus as a great discoverer or an invader. White savior narrative - all progress order and industriousness comes from. Europeans, who have a duty to save others, who are passive and whose history is not intrinsically valuable. Europeans have a twisted perspective of the discovery" of the americas. Eurocentric point of view implying that everything is regarded from a bias. Why did europeans not assimilate into existing societies and ways of living in north. Man by the name of woodmason preaching across the carolina"s came across immigrants from the scottish/irish decent living like savages (assimilation). In order to maintain strong relationships; immigrants had to take on native society and culture (clothing, wives, society). They became lazy and lived by migrating around rather then settling down and creating a farm such as the norm in european countries at the time.
