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ImperialisticWorldview Imperialismisdefinedastheextensionofpoweroveraterritoryanditsresourcesand people.Italsomeans“command”or“empire”. StudentswillanalyzetheTreatyofTordesillasandlookattheimpactimperialismhason society. WhatistheTreatyofTordesillaspg.132 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ WhatwasthesignificanceoftheTreatyofTordesillas? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ AnalyzethisquotethatColumbussaidabouttheTainopeople: “AsIsawthattheywereveryfriendlytous…Ipresentedthemwithsomeredcaps,andstrings ofbeadstowearupontheneck,andmanyothertriflesofsmallvalue,wherewiththeywere muchdelighted,andbecomewonderfullyattachedtous…Itappearstome,thatthepeopleare ingenious[clever],andwouldbegoodservantsandIamofthe[the]opinionthattheywould veryreadilybecomeChristians,astheyappeartohavenoreligion.Theyveryquicklylearn suchwordsasarespokentothem.” HereisaviewfromtheSpanishhistorianJuanGinesdeSepulvedaofIndigenouspeoples. “They[Indigenouspeoples]require,bytheirownnatureandintheirowninterests,tobe placedundertheauthorityofcivilizedandvirtuousprincesornations,sothattheymaylearn, fromthemight,wisdom,andlawoftheirconquerors,topractisebettermorals,worthier customs,andmorecivilized.” IdentifydetailsinthesewritingsthatshowwhatthewritersbelievedaboutIndigenous peoplewereinferiortoEuropeans. • • • • Theseviewsareshockingtomanypeopletoday.However,whywouldtheseviewsnotbe shockingfortheRenaissanceindividual? • • • • HowdidtheTreatyofTordesillasreflectimperialism?ThinkabouttheEuropeanattitude regardingcolonizationintheAmericasandwhattheyhopedtoachieve. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ WhatdidEuropeansgainfromImperialism?Fromtheirperspective,whatreasons didtheyhavetoexpandandwhywasitimportanttothem? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ “[You]toldusyouhadbeeninpossessionoftheprovinceofMarylandaboveonehundred years;butwhatisonehundredyearsincomparisonofthelengthofthetimesinceourclaim began?Sincewecameoutofthisground?Forwemusttellyou,thatlongbeforeonehundred years,ourancestorscameoutofthisveryground,andtheirchildrenhaveremainsherever since.Youcameoutofthegroundinacountrythatliesbeyondtheseas.Thereyoumayhavea justclaim,buthereyoumustallowustobeyourelderbrethren,andthelandstobelongtous beforeyouknowanythingofthem.”–RonaldWrite,StolenContinents,pg129 Whatperspectiveisthiswritercomingfrom?Whatdoeshebelieveaboutimperialism? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Putthepositiveimpactofimperialismintheleftboxandthenegativeimpactofimperialism intherightbox.Criteriaforagoodargumentare:accuratebackgroundknowledge,openmindedness,anduseofevidencetosupportposition. PositivesImpact NegativeImpact Analyzetheresultsofimperialismonsocietyandfindyourpositiononwhetheritisa goodorabadthing.Youmaychoosetousedetailsandexamplesfromboththepositiveand negativeconsequencestosupportyourpositionoranythingelsefromthetextbook. Now,individually,answerthisquestion. Isimperialismpartofoursocietytoday?Whatmakesyouthinkso? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________
