The movement of people coming from the Old World to the New World gave significant changes in history. I want to take a close look at the phrase, “Rather than telling the story of colonization as the imposition of European ways of life through ‘discovery’ and ‘conquest,’ historians increasingly view the colonial period as one of ‘contact’ and ‘adaptation’ between European, African, and Native American ways of life” (Kennedy 64) in the article. This phrase gives an interesting way of looking at the emergence of American society.
Unit 1 Response: "Europeanizing America or Americanizing Europe?"
The movement of people coming from the Old World to the New World gave significant changes in history. I want to take a close look at the phrase, "Rather than telling the story of colonization as the imposition of European ways of life through 'discovery' and 'conquest,' historians increasingly view the colonial period as one of 'contact' and 'adaptation' between European, African, and Native American ways of life" (Kennedy 64) in...