POL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Imperialism, Dried And Salted Cod, Molasses Act
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The christopher columbus/pilgrims narrative has numerous issues: one such: native americans addressed as indians, reflection of misperceptions. Columbus discovered america in 1492, but really, the north eastern part of. North america had already been discovered by the vikings and the portuguese. "god, glory, gold" was not the only reason europeans came to n. america, they were chasing cod, a valuable commodity. In 1497, john cabot sailed west from england and landed in labrador, newfoundland, and saw there was a lot of cod. He realized there was a profitable opportunity overseas: triangle trade. The french and british traded land in americas, "like a football", "back and forth". In order to fund the war, england taxed the colonies. The american colonists felt as if this was unfair: the molasses act, aimed at the molasses and cod act, the sugar act, the townshed act. The american people were paying for a war they didn"t choose to fight.
