One of the reasons colonizers colonized Australia was to extend their land. After they migrated and many of them came there, they first tried to be nice to the Aboriginals. However, their plan which was to control them wasn't succeeded since the Aboriginals always had freedom in their past lives. So suddenly British people started to control them but Aboriginals kept refusing it and didn't listen to them. The British got annoyed of their reaction and used their power and the violence to use them as slaves. Also, the colonizers tried to be fair but it was impossible since it's for them to love their people more.
Monday, April 20, 2009
From Colonization to Exploitation
Europeans usually colonized the lands. People colonized for some reasons. They colonized because they want to make their country wealthier, gain power and spread their religion. In the book, Richard Hakluyt states "The ends of this voyage are these: 1.) To plant Christian religion. 2.) To traffic. 3.) To conquer. 0r, to do all three." These are the reasons why people colonize. For examples, in 1788 British came to Australia to colonize and took Aboriginals' place and also used them to make Australia better. It happened because they wanted to spread their religion, which is Christianity. They thought spreading their religion was helping the Aboriginals. Another example is that in 1876 Leopold II who was a great traveler and was crowned the king of Belgium because of his speech saying the reasons to colonize, colonized an African country which is called now Congo. He did so many bad things to the Africans such as hitting and using them. He did it to gain his power and extend his land.
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i can see that you used evidences from the provided resources. You used 3 reasons to explain why colonization led to exploitation. Although you answered the first question very well, you did not say how colonization led to exploitation. There were good statements, but you should have proved 'how' colonization led to exploitation.
ReplyDeleteRyosuke! Your posting had a few good points in it, but i'm wondering why you couldnt write more about the Congo and "the white man's burden"? Try to avoid sweeping statements like: "They colonized because they want to make their country bigger, gain power and spread their religion.", because sometimes that can offend a reader, if they are being swept with it. But overall good job.
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