The Settlers

The two texts under study are the first chapters of “Pacific Paradises, The Discovery of Tahiti and Hawaii” by Trevor Lommis and “The Fatal Shore” by Robert Hughes. They are both historical accounts of the United Kingdom’s settlement in new territories. The texts detail the period of the mid 18th century, but they were written during the 21th century. The similarities and differences approaching the subject will be analysed through three main points: the general context and its presentation, the

American Government: the Colonial Heritage In 1607, a small band of about 100 English colonists reached the coast near Chesapeake Bay. They founded Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. During the next 150 years, a steady stream of colonists went to America and settled near the coast. The thirteen colonies (http://www.civics-online.org/library/formatted/images/13_colonies.html) In the early 1600's, the English king began granting charters for the purpose of establishing

regulations: first Navigation Act (1651). White indentured servitude in the Chesapeake. Indians retreat inland. Puritan Revolution. Stuart restoration (1660). Bacon’s Rebellion (1675). Established churches in Virginia and Massachusetts. Roger Williams creates religious liberty in Rhode Island. Aristocratic aspirations in the Chesapeake. 1680 Tobacco trade stagnates. Rice cultivation expands. Indian slavery in the Carolinas. Ethnic rebellion in New York (1689). Dominion of New England

multicultural white nation at the zenith of the British imperialism which proved the success of the colonization. Even if Australia became more tolerant and multicultural, the myth of a nation of Bushmen where Aboriginals were invisible still persisted during the 20th century. First of all, to understand that the national identity refers to the identity of Britain (by assimilation process), we have to conceptualize the meaning of nationalism as a desire for power. Thus, we can define the Australian national

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or buttes that remind me of the south west of the USA. The photo was certainly taken near the Four Corners, where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet at right angle. On the right hand side from the top of a mesa, a cowboy or Indian riding a horse is gazing at the breathtaking landscape. This character and the setting evoke the Conquest of the West when pioneers, adventurers and cowboys moved westward to conquer the open spaces where Native American lived. The photo is entitled John Ford Point

THE WESTWARD EXPANSION Introduction: In 1783, the United Kingdom declared the American independence. And six years after, in 1789, George Washington became the first president of United States of America. At the same time, the constitution was voted. The westward expansion consist of an appropriation through force of an huge territory, whiwh stretched out in North merica, between Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean. This land, with a progressively colonisation of her estates, the purchases of

Portrait of the USA Executive Editor— George Clack Managing Editor— Rosalie Targonski Editor— Dennis Drabelle Designer— Barbara Long Web Art Director— Min-Chih Yao Photo Research— Maggie Johnson Sliker Internet Editor— Suzanne Dawkins Contributing Editors— Maura Christopher, Anne Cusack, Michael Cusack, Fredric A. Emmert, David Goddy, Holly Hughes, Norman Lunger, John Nickerson, Bruce Oatman, Shelley Orenstein, Richard Pawelek, Ira Peck, Jonathan Rose

330 mots Being educated by people belonging to a foreign culture Since the beginning of the British Empire, during the 19th and 20th centuries, the countries colonised by the settlers have been inexorably changed. Through the colonies, the British and other countries and empires, started “educating” the native populations that they found. This education, given by these foreign countries, was advantageous for the natives concerned but there were also drawbacks. And so we’re going to look at

for the final task. Australia was there about forty thousand years inhabited by aborigines who have long been the only inhabitants of Australia. But from one thousand seven hundred eighty-eight the settlers that are essentially Columbia. Settled there and soon surpassed in number. But there is still against Aboriginal art is the most ancient artistic traditions still in business. Now Australia is a country that covers most of Oceania, is English-speaking countries in the "Common Wealth". The country