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Colonists and Manifest Destiny
Reading Activity
• Independently Independently read section 10.2 and answer the reading questions.
• You will have approximately 20 min to complete.
Reading Questions
• Who were the original people that lived in Canada?– Native Americans: Algonquin, Huron, Cree,
Blackfoot, Inuit
• After which war did Great Britain take Canada from France?– French and Indian War
Reading Questions
• What were some of the differences between French and English colonists? – French lived with Natives, English lived separate
– Religion: France Catholic, English Protestant
– Language
• How did Great Britain try and solve the conflict?– Created two new provinces : Upper Canada for the
English-Speaking and Lower Canada for French-speaking
Reading Questions
• What were the conditions that caused England to send Lord Durham? What lesson from history had Britain learned? – Royal Governor and Wealthy Brits hold power– Middle class demand more say in government– French resent English rule – Rebellions break out in both Upper and Lower
Canada
Reading Questions
• What were the two major reforms proposed by the Durham report? Why?– Reunite Upper and Lower Canada– British immigration should be encouraged – French would become part of a dominant
British culture
Reading Questions
• What were some of the impacts MacDonald’s policies had on Canada? – Westward Expansion – Transcontinental Railroad
• Who were the original inhabitants of New Zealand and Australia?– Maoris – New Zealand– Aborigines- Australia
Reading Questions
• What is a penal colony? – Place where convicts are sent to serve their
sentence as an alternative to jail time– British convicts sent to Australia
• What became the cash crop of Australia? – Wool
Reading Questions
• Why was settlement of New Zealand slower than that in Australia? – Britain recognized the property rights of the
Maoris
• What was the first country in the world to give the vote to women (white European women at least)?– New Zealand
Reading Questions
• What is the Australian Ballot?– Secret ballot
• Who granted England control of Ireland?– Pope Hadrian IV (who was English himself)
• What was one major conflict between Ireland and the settling English?– Religion
Reading Questions
• What effects did the potato blight have in Ireland? The United States? – Emigration out of the country – Population decline – Us experienced large influx of immigrants that
led to cultural clashes and xenophobia
Reading Questions
• What type of rule was preferred by most Irish? Why did England refuse to grant this type of rule?– Home rule: stay under British Kingdom but
have independent government – Feared for the minority of protestants in the
country
Reading Questions
• What was the British solution to the violence in Ireland? – Split the country into Northern and Southern
Ireland – Northern remained part of Britain and Southern
had home rule
TIME TO TAKE SOME NOTES!!
War with Mexico
• Manifest Destiny – Belief that the US has the right and duty to rule
North America from Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
– Used to justify a wide variety of transgressions
• Indian Removal Act of 1830 – Federal Government could force Native
Americans off land to make room for settlers – Led to the Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
War with Mexico
• Mexico wins independence from Spain in 1821 and possesses all the land west and south of the Louisiana Purchase
• Mexico accepts our settlers moving into their lands
War with Mexico
• Many American Settlers in Texas• Texas revolts from Mexico in 1836 and gains its
independence – Revolt led by Americans
• United States annexes Texas in 1845 – Mexico sees this as an act of aggression
– US basically stole their land
– Argue over the border between Texas and Mexico
War with Mexico
• Continue the boarder dispute and US draws Mexico into a war
• US captures Mexico city and forces a surrender
• Mexican Cession – US forces Mexico to cede California and other
Southwest territory as part of the agreement
Gadsan Purchase
• Purchased the bottom portion of New Mexico from Mexico in 1853
Inventions
• List the top ten inventions (1 being the most important and 10 being the least) of the 19th and 20th centuries
Inventors
• Edison
• Bell
• Marconi
• Ford
• Wright Brothers
Mass Culture
• Causes of Mass Culture – Public education increased literacy – Mass duplication– Weekend
• Music hall
• Movies
• sports
Scientific Developments
• Germ Theory – Louis Pasteur – Realized that germs were causing the
fermentation – Called Bacteria – Learned that heat killed bacteria – Led to Pasteurization process
Scientific Developments
• Cleanliness linked to spread of disese– Lister’s clean operating rooms save live s– Cities increase sanitation to fight infectious
disease
• Vaccines and cures for diseases
Scientific Developments
• Darwin’s theory of Evolution – Natural Selection – Evolution
• We are related to chimps?
– Book is still banned in some places • Stolen from libraries
– Social Darwinism and Racism