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    History Homework 1. The major slave revolts of the caribbean were the Haitian Revolution‚ Christmas rebellion‚ The Baptist war‚ Barbados revolt and Berbice revolt. 2. Christmas rebellion-1831-1832 Haitian Revolution-1791-1804 Barbados revolt- 1816 Berbice revolt- 1763-1764 A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves.. The most successful slave rebellion in history was the 18th-century Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint L’Ouverture. 3. Christmas Rebellion- Sam sharpe Haitian Revolution-

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    Americans as inferior people who could be exploited for the colonists’ benefit.” The early European colonizers of the Americas came to the New World to find sources of wealth for themselves and their country. They were greeted by Native Peoples who were later used as forced laborers to the benefit of the colonists. Most European colonizers behaved with arrogance and cruelty wherever superior power enabled them to rule over and exploit the area’s Native People. To justify their behavior

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    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the Indigenous people of Australia. They live in all parts of the country‚ from major cities to remote tropical coasts and the borders of the central deserts. They are not one group‚ but comprise of hundreds of groups that have their own histories‚ beliefs and values‚ languages and cultural traditions. The health status of Indigenous people pre-invasion is difficult to assess in ways comparable to current data. However‚ there is strong evidence that

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    Issue: The protection of indigenous peoples in South America affected by deforestation Introduction Deforestation in South America is occurring because of the extension of agribusiness for financial advancement. Extension of industry‚ logging‚ mining‚ cows pastures are additionally answerable for this. The impacts are however distinctive in diverse ranges beginning from debasement of area to soil disintegration and additionally the world ’s biodiversity. Nearly 50% of the world’s tropical

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    Amazon Rainforest Conservation through Development of Indigenous Peoples Today‚ the Amazon Rainforest is a very different place than it was when the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana first navigated through its river in 1542. The forest has been around for 55 million years on the South American continent (e.g. Maslin et al. 2005) but through decades of deforestation‚ climate change‚ agriculture‚ and population growth‚ the Amazon Rainforest is facing a point of destruction. In Brazil‚ at the

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    There are many stereotypes that are used to label indigenous people in the media. These representations can be positive or negative but both have an adverse effect on the way that we see the Indigenous community. By accepting any stereotype we reduce an entire community down to an inanimate object‚ which clouds our vision when looking at an individual person (Forrest‚ 2015b). Most Aboriginal people do not fit the stereotype that has been offered (Rodriguez‚ 2004)‚ By believing these stereotypes a

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    the world becomes connected through communication‚ trade‚ and migration. Globalization can transform cultures and the identity of people within those cultures. One of the primary factors that leads to globalization in the advancement of technology In 1980 Dr. Knauft began to study an indigenous group of people deep in the forests of Papua New Guinea. This group of people had no contact with the outside world until the 1960’s‚ they were cut off from everything. They had a language and a name that was

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    Most of america was populated by indigenous people prior colonization‚ from deserts to forest. Each tribe fed off the land and survived in numerous ways. Of the indigenous people‚ there lived three different lifestyles. Non-sedemtary people were hunters and gathers. Semisedentary people who depended on farming in forest. Full sedentary people who build empires and depended more on society structures. Non-sedemtary indigenous people learn to adapted and survive living in difficulties environments

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    The challenges faced By Indigenous Peoples in achieving justice‚ are both complex and extensive. These issues stem from successive centuries of asserted colonial power‚ which consequently has resulted in the undermining of rights for many Indigenous communities‚ including the Australian Aboriginal Peoples and Maori Peoples of New Zealand. Systemic abuse of power has resulted in the gradual erosion of Indigenous culture‚ and as thus‚ rights of Indigenous communities‚ including Intellectual Property

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    Although NAFTA was originally implemented to modernize Mexico’s economy by creating manufacturing jobs for laborers‚ it favored wealthy national leaders and oversaw the detrimental effects it would have on the indigenous people of Mexico. The adoption of NAFTA between the three countries precisely began in December of 1992‚ when President Carlos Salinas of Mexico‚ President George H. W. Bush of the United States‚ and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada signed the free trade agreement ("Mexico

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