Colonisation
Colonisation under the reign of Queen Elizabeth the I, she used to send explorers, like sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter, but they
were pirates, and they use to steal, planted and they use to bring back to England treasure, whatever they got (gold, precious
stones). Under Queen Elizabeth the successor was James I, he was an absolute monarch, they sale to America, so we find the
pilgrims father who went to America, they founded Massachusetts, and they were puritans, and the puritans were persecuted.
XVII Century
In 18 centuries, the novel shows the exaltations of the puritans’ ideals, and in the case of Robison Crusoe, represents the coloniser
par excellence; he gives the name “Friday” to a black boy. Robinson Crusoe was a trader, and that the moment when flourished
the slave trade.
Robinson Crusoe represents the epitome of the coloniser, because he believes in the superiority of the white man, and the way
he instructed Friday and he talks about the language, religion; their relationship was that he felt that Friday was always inferior,
and Friday used to call Robinson “master”. Robinson represents the puritan mind, so he represents the puritan man, he survived
in a desert island, God always by his side, God has saved him, and he believe the pre-destination, conserved with the idea of the
superiority of the white man. We understand that the white has the duty to teach about the language and the religion, task of
the coloniser.
French revolution, industrial revolution, and the independence of the colonies.
The greatest event of the independence of the colonies was in America, they revolt themselves because of the takes, they wanted
to be represented in the British parliament.
Now there was a war, America won, and they became independent and that was the real very first independence of the colony.
This was a real war.
XIX Century
In the 19 centuries under Queen Victoria the British empire was richer, they had colonised a lot of countries (India, Pakistan,
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ghana, Kenia, Uganda. Some countries like Australia, New Zealand and Canada became very
healthy. There are different continents: the most important colonies were Canada, India (in the past included Pakistan, was much
bigger) South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
These countries were a very big source for the country of the United Kingdom and the king had the settler in his hand and at the
top of the settler was the most important diamond in the world, taken from India. They were a great source for stones, gold; so,
they were a source of great wealth for the country. They created a real social class of the colonisers, and the British had some
places all over the world, and that’s why Queen Victorian was made empires of India.
XX Century
In the 20 century Forster wrote a passage to India, he wrote that after the second visit of India in 1922. Beginning of the century.
They talk about what happened about what Foster wrote in the novel.
What happened before? India supported England in the first world war, if we consider the evolution, we don’t have to forget
what happened in the first world war. In the first world war, India just gave soldiers in turn for some independence and that was
at thr beginning if the century, India gave soldiers for Britain, and now in exchange for rules, independence, at the end of the war.
After the Second world war, India become independent and that was the pointing start of the independence of the other colonies.
Gandhi had promoted the “non-violent revolt”.
