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 * __ A Collision of Peoples and Paradigms: The Arrival of the Europeans __**

** __1. Define:__ ** World View- The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. World view affects an individual because not everyone lives in the same kind of conditions therefore their view of the world could be darker or lighter than someone else’s.

**__2. The European Arrival and Colonization of North America __**
One reason the Europeans came to North America was the king at the current time was charging overly high taxes and was trying to force the people into a religion that they didn’t want anything to do with. So they left for what they thought was India in hopes to find new goods. They eventually landed in North America which they thought was India at the time they found goods like fur and timber.

3. First Nations Societies and Sovereignty/ The First Canadians
1. Some of the first Nations people to be in Canada were the Indians of the Pacific Coast, Plains Indians, Eastern Woodlands Indians and the St. Lawrence Valley Indians. __**The Pacific Coast Indians**__ the Northwest Coast Indians society was based on each persons hereditary social rank. A persons position within the group depended mostly on the closeness to then legendary group ancestor. For food they lived mostly off of fish,water transport was very important and all the groups there made dugot canoes. They lived on the Pacific Coast area, living off the land. Women spun twine and men did the fishing and hunting. **__The Plains Indians__** lived off of bison, deer and antelope. They also hunted ducks, geese they also fished. The women gather plants like rice, turnips and onions along with berries. But by far the bison were the most important thing they provided the people with shelter, clothing and tools. The plains Indians were ruled by a chief and a person was voted into the position by the tribe. **__Eastern Woodlands Indians__** were known as forest dwellers they were not nomadic and built their homes from the elements aka long houses. They farmed corn,beans and squash. They were ruled by chiefs and they got voted into position by the elder women. , and they were also some what nomadic. 2. In my view civilized society consists of any group of people that have laws, and structure. 3. I think in their own way the First North Amerindians were slightly more advanced then the Europeans for the simple fact they were adapted to the environment. When the Europeans first came they could not survive the winters and the Amerindians could which gave them a slight advantage. And for that simple fact that they knew how to survive makes me think at that point in time they were some what more advanced. 4. I wouldnt really say that any Amerindians were more civilized than the other. They all had their own way of living and to them it worked and they survived in the areas and climate they had.
 * __St. Lawrence Valley Indians __**Women had a very important place in the Iroquoian society they prepared seeds,grind-ed corn, harvested crop carried fire wood and got water. The St. Lawrence Valley Indians lived in shelters called long houses. When a girl was married their husband moved into their long houses. They were ruled by a chief who was designated to represent the clans

4. The Great Law and The Iroquois Confederacy
A) The Great law procedure for selecting leaders and the decision making processes included; The decision making on behalf of the whole Confederacy, Selecting Chiefs also selection of War chiefs for going into battle. Procedures for removal of leaders that didn't fulfill their duties or abusing their power. Formalized access of male and female population to the decision making processes which was not matched in contemporary Europe and last but not least it prescribed conduct of foreign affairs. B) The representatives were not all that great because they weren't all from the colonies. They had to look out for the big dogs that were in power and above all they were loyal to the King and Queen. C) There was next to no Equality when it came to societal decision making. Most of European residents had little to no input on any choices. New France was ruled by The Chief Colonial officers, The Governor-General, Local Governors in Montreal, all of which were appointed by the monarch, which means all three officials were loyal to the government in France. People in the Colonies could not sign petitions and no assemblies were established. And not one single Aboriginal peoples that lived withing the colony could participate in political decision making inside the colony. D) The pricesses of promoting consensus among the member states of the Confederacy were done by a system of checks and balances that made sure all member nations would get a say in the decisions of the confederacy (Grand Council). And a declaration of war could only be approved if the representatives of all 5 nations agreed.

Compare and Contrast: The Iroquois confederacy was different from the European Monarchies in the sense they were loyal to their people and weren't being ruled by someone from a far off land. The Monarchies were loyal to the Kind and Queen and it didn't matter what people in the forts did if it wasn't "Ok" by the King it wasnt ok at all. __**The Big Question:**__ Write a journal entry from the perspective of an Amerindian or European explorer. What are your impressions of the Land and people? How do you Feel? What are your hopes/concerns?

//February 5th 1609// //I have been in this place for sometime now and I must say I have never felt such cold harsh winters. The snow keeps falling and the wind keeps blowing not giving a care to whom it knocks over. But not only this shocks me but the fact that there are other people here as well they differ from us as their skin color and language is not the same. I am not sure if I should be afraid or excited. In away I am drawn towards them their clothing and way of life seems so different one can't help but want to get to no more.// //I knew coming here would be the best choice but still I can't wait for this winter to be over. It is so hard to keep warm that people can die if they dare to go off on their own. My only hope is that summer will be kinder and that I may soon find a husband that these other people will be friends and not enemies.//

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