Some Native communities became dependent of trade and began to live near European settlements, and their resettlement made them expose to the epidemics which killed many Aboriginal people who had no natural immunity. Moreover, alliances between Aboriginal people and Europeans often led to economic competition and sometimes caused wars. (e.g., Iroquois fought against Huron people to displace them in the trade with French). In addition, the custom of trading brandy for furs was a destructive aspect. Alcohol abuse contributed to violence in Aboriginal communities, to society disharmony and to the deterioration of an originally healthy Aboriginal population.
Death was rampant at this time. Diseases such as smallpox, measles, malaria, influenza, and yellow fever were transferred from the old wold to The Europeans had been exposed to these sicknesses before and had different cures and ways of fighting it. But when the Indians caught wind of these illnesses they were devastated by the effects. There tribes were very susceptible, through the air and through touch. They were a more isolated human, so when the Europeans came and took over there immune systems were not at all prepared to face and fight back al;l the diseases that came there way.
With the trading of the Columbian Exchange, diseases were increasing and affecting both the Americas and Europe. The Europeans brought multiple new diseases to the Native American population, smallpox being a major known disease. Wiping out two-thirds of the Native American population, they weren’t used to the infectious disease being brought with domesticated animals. With the impact of diseases not being as effective on Europe as it was for the Americas, Europe could withstand it. Also demographically, the start of sugar plantations and silver mines was another major effect on the Native Americans.
Britain and Australia share so much history together; it would be disgraceful just to ditch them. If we were to become a republic, what will change? If that was to happen, only our head of state wouldn’t be a monarch but a president and we wouldn’t have a governor general. Now that’s not much, and there would be so many things affected from this. Maybe if we did become a republic, our national flag might change because of the Union Jack on the top-left hand corner.
When it comes to sorting out conflict the more powerful person or group get to call the shots, over-riding the goals, values or interests of the less powerful. With conflict around the world rising, more and more people are fleeing torture and persecution, in the hope of living a new and safe life in Australia. This all began with an imbalance of equality, two sides fighting, and most recently the fight for religious supremacy and purification in Afghanistan between the Taliban and the Hazara. Within this particular conflict, there was little regard for the
The public however was more tolerant of alternativists who worked as stretcher bearers or did non-combat work. In WW2, the government was keen to allocate freedom of speech and expression as the war they were fighting against was due to the upheaval in Germany where there was a struggle of freedom. This struggle for liberty everywhere influenced the authorities to respect views of Cos. The tribunals were formed as representatives from all social classes and excluded any military members. The traumatic experiences from the previous war meant that more people became pacifists and consequently a greater number applied for exemption (over 50,000) and this time all but 12,000 were given exemption.
The arrival of Columbus and other Europeans wreaked havoc and caused many detrimental effects on the lives of the present population during the sixteenth century. The arrival of the Europeans in various ways caused the death of thousands of indigenous people dwelling within the Caribbean. “One was the importation from Europe and Africa diseases such as small pox, measles, dysentery, influenza, leprosy, yellow fever, typhoid, elephantiasis, against which the American Indian had no immunity”1. Small pox (fig.3) and measles was the most effective of these newly introduced diseases. The indigenous persons though lived sacred spiritual lives, as they practiced nature worship, ancestry worship as well as protective magic.
Since the diseases such as small pox, that were brought to the New World by the Europeans, were in large part transmitted through the air or by touch, the diseases ran rampant. In some instances the native people were infected even before coming in contact with the new comers. Because the Native people lacked the natural immunity to combat these diseases, their population ultimately decreased at a rapid and alarming rate. “Since the Indians were isolated from other cultures and peoples before the arrival of the Europeans, ‘this weakened their defenses against the major diseases of mankind. However, the Indians were not the only people affected by these new-come epidemics.
This large influx of Americans brought more diseases to the Native Americans that devastated their tribes with great number of deaths. Traveling across the country for the California gold, Americans infected the Native Americans with cholera, measles, and scarlet fever. The resulting deaths added to the toll of Indian deaths
The Columbian Exchange The term Columbian Exchange refers to the transfer of peoples, animals, plants, and diseases between the New and Old Worlds. Old World diseases that entered the Americas with the European immigrants and African slaves devastated indigenous populations. These dramatic population changes weakened native peoples’ capacity for resistance and facilitated the transfer of plants, animals, and related technologies. I. Demographic Changes o Because of their long isolation from other continents, the peoples of the New World lacked immunity to diseases introduced from the Old World. As a result, death rates among Amerindian peoples during the epidemics of the early colonial period were very high.