[HISB40H3] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (36 pages long!)
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How do we characterize the encounter between europeans and aboriginal peoples: exchange rather than contact. Changes in the way historians write about the colonization of the americas over the last few decades: the a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)as (cid:374)o lo(cid:374)ge(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ed (cid:862)e(cid:373)pt(cid:455), (cid:448)i(cid:396)gi(cid:374) la(cid:374)d(cid:863) to (cid:271)e (cid:862)peopled(cid:863) (cid:271)(cid:455) Europeans: aboriginal peoples have assumed a key role in the story of colonization, rethinking the starting point of canadian history, the question of agency: aboriginals and europeans both dictated the form and content of their exchanges. E(cid:454)ploratio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)discover(cid:455)(cid:863): europea(cid:374) co(cid:374)tact fro(cid:373) the 15th century. Aboriginal peoples alliances with the europeans were based on previous alliances with allies and enemies. There is evidence to suggest that colu(cid:373)(cid:271)us (cid:396)ea(cid:272)hed the (cid:862)ne(cid:449) wo(cid:396)ld(cid:863) i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1008)(cid:1013)(cid:1006) Chickens were discovered by the spanish in the late 15th century. The peanut was discovered in china nearly 5 thousand years ago. Corn on a cob was found in india in the late 12th century.
