Lecture 6

Question 1

Major source of income for New France was…

Answer 1

From the fur trade

Question 2

Seven years war

Answer 2

Was the first global war fought in Europe, India, and America

• The war was driven by the commercial and imperial rivalry between Britain and France
• Led to the signing of the Treaty of Paris
• Led to the American Revolution

Question 3

Colonialism

Answer 3

Involves the transfer of a population to a new territory where the arrivals live as permanent settlers while maintaining political allegiance to their country of origin

Question 4

Imperialism

Answer 4

Draws attention to the way that one country exercises power over another

Question 5

3 demographics of colonialism:

Answer 5

• Precipitous decline of indigenous peoples
• Loss of local labour created demand for imported African slaves
• The emergence of European settler colonies

Question 6

The Enlightenment

Answer 6

• Was a philosophical movement that took place in Europe and later North America
• The enlightenment philosophy was influential in beginning the French and American revolutions

Question 7

Atomistic Liberal metaphor

Answer 7

Society is composed of free-floating, atomistic individuals who chose to come together to create a social political machine

Question 8

Cultural imperialism

Answer 8

Postcolonial theorists argue that the enlightenments values of universal reason were used to exploit other parts of the world to justify, racism, genocidal violence, the Holocaust and the environmental destruction in the name of technological mastery

Question 9

Emancipatory Modernization

Answer 9

A diffusionist model that says the enlightenment was invented by Europe and spread to the rest of the world via imperialism