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Extent Was Imperialism And The Introduction Of European Ways To The Indigenous Societies A Positive Change?

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Was imperialism and the introduction of European ways to the indigenous societies a positive change? The author feels the introduction of European culture to indigenous societies did much to enhance both parties. The evidence shown that the author feels this way is that in the source they listed the benefits such as ”The Europeans gained much needed land, a source of raw materials, and a market for their manufactured goods.” The introduction of European ways to the indigenous connects to many concepts such as eurocentrism, because even though the europeans also set up trade and benefited from the indigenous they still saw themselves as superior to them, identity because while the indigenous were trading they lost a lot of traditions such …show more content…

For example, the Europeans brought medicine with them and taught the indigenous "healers" of the tribes how to use the different medicines which led to lowered death rates because they were now able to treat simple illnesses such as the common cold and fevers. The first case study that connects is European Colonial Settlements and the Fur Trade which happened in the 1500s and involved the Europeans coming back to the eastern shores and negotiating trading terms with the first nations trading goods for furs which established the fur trade. The second case study is the industrialization of the indigenous due to the europeans. By the Europeans providing indigenous with goods such as guns, pots, pans, European clothing and more they pushed the natives out of their purely self sustainable practices and into more advanced ways that allowed them to do tasks easier thus helping industrialize the indigenous. The third case study is all the positives the europeans brought through there medicine, although the indigenous has there ways of healing there sick is simply wasn't as advanced as the europeans ways and that was made evident when the doctors met with the tribe healers and thought them how to use modern medicine and the healers were extremely thankful. All of the reasons provided above clearly state that not all the encounters with the Europeans had negative

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