Historical overview
European settlement in the Americas and Australia transformed Indigenous societies through land seizure, disease, warfare, forced movement and colonial policy. Indigenous peoples responded in varied ways and maintained communities and claims. Settler records need critical reading.
Chronology
From the 15th century: expansion in the Americas; later settlement in Australia
Key terms
Indigenous peoples; colonisation; displacement; settlement; sovereignty
Define each term in your own words and connect it to a specific example.
Source analysis
Ask who created a source, when and for whom; identify its purpose and perspective; compare it with other evidence. A source can be valuable while incomplete or biased.
Practice
- How did settlement change access to land, and whose perspectives should sources include?
- Identify one cause and one consequence of the development discussed.
- What is one limitation of a source used to study this period?
Source prompt: Identify one claim an extract or image supports and one question it cannot answer alone.