MHR 600 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canadian Indian Residential School System, Egerton Ryerson, Cultural Assimilation
31 Oct 2017
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Starting in the sixteenth century, european states gained control of indigenous peoples" lands throughout the world. nearly every. It was an era of mass migration. Millions of europeans arrived as colonial settlers in. Millions of africans were transported in the european-led slave trade, in which coastal. Traders from india and china spread throughout the red sea and indian ocean, bringing with them indentured servants whose lives were little different from those of slaves. The activities of explorers, farmers, prospectors, trading companies, or missionaries often set the stage for expansionary wars, the negotiation. And the breaking of treaties, attempts at cultural assimilation, and the exploitation and marginalization of the original inhabitants of the colonized lands. Colonial expansion was led initially by spain and portugal, then mostly by holland, France, and, in the end, most stunningly by britain. Canada"s first prime minister, sir john a. macdonald, told the house of commons in. He is simply a savage who can read and write.
