📘 Class 11 History
Chapter 10 – Displacing Indigenous Peoples (मूल निवासियों का विस्थापन)
🌍 Colonial Expansion (उपनिवेशिक विस्तार)
- After the 17th century, Spanish (स्पेनिश) and Portuguese (पुर्तगाली) empires in America stopped expanding.
- Other European nations like France, Holland, and England spread trade and established colonies (उपनिवेश) in America, Africa, and Asia.
🚢 Migration of Spaniards & Portuguese (स्पेनी और पुर्तगालियों का प्रवास)
- In the 18th century, migrants from Spain and Portugal settled in more regions of America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
- This process forced many indigenous people (मूल निवासी) to move away from their native lands.
🏘 Colony (कॉलोनी)
- In the 17th century, Europeans established settlements overseas.
- Such settlements were called Colonies (उपनिवेश).
🏳️ Independence of Colonies (उपनिवेशों को देश का दर्जा)
- When these colonies declared independence from their European "mother countries" (मातृदेश), they gained the status of nations (देश).
👥 Settlers (आबादकार)
- Term used for Dutch in South Africa, British in Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia, and Europeans in America.
🧑🌾 Native (नेटिव)
- A person born in their own homeland.
- By the early 20th century, Europeans used this term for indigenous inhabitants (मूल निवासी) of their colonies.
📿 Wampum Belt (वेमपुम बेल्ट)
- A belt made by sewing colored shells (रंगीन सीपियां).
- It was exchanged between local tribes after treaties (समझौते).
📖 Signs of a "Civilized Person" (सभ्य मनुष्य की पहचान)
- In 18th century Western Europe, being civilized meant:
- Literacy (साक्षरता)
- Organized religion (संगठित धर्म)
- Urban lifestyle (शहरीपन)
- In North America, many spoken languages (बोली जाने वाली भाषाएँ) existed but they were not written.
💰 Gold Rush & Industrial Growth (गोल्ड रश और उद्योगों की वृद्धि)
- In 1840, discovery of gold in California started the Gold Rush (सोने की दौड़).
- Led to:
- Railway construction 🚂
- Industrial towns 🏭
- Growth in number of factories ⚙️
🏞 Aborigines (एबोरिजिनीज)
- Early humans (आदिमानव) of the Australian continent were called Aborigines.
🏴 Colonial (औपनिवेशिक)
- Related to a country that controls another land.
🎙 Oral History (ओरल हिस्ट्री)
- Using spoken accounts (मौखिक विवरण) to record and preserve history.
🌱 Subsistence Economy (सब्सिडी अर्थव्यवस्था)
- Producing only as much as required to meet basic needs (बुनियादी आवश्यकताएँ).
🌐 Multiculturalism (बहुसंस्कृतिवाद)
- A policy of giving equal respect (समानता) to the cultures of both European and Asian immigrants.
📜 Terra Nullius (टेरा नूलियस)
- A doctrine meaning "land belonging to no one" (भूमि पर किसी का अधिकार नहीं), denying indigenous ownership.
🏛 Canberra (कैनबरा)
- In 1911, Australia's new capital was proposed as Woolwheatgold, but later named Canberra.
- Derived from the local word Kamberra, meaning "meeting place" (सभा स्थल).
✨ The Gold Rush (गोल्ड रश)
- ⏳ In 1840, signs of gold were found in California (USA).
- 🌟 This led to the “Gold Rush”, where thousands of eager Europeans rushed to America hoping to become rich quickly.
🏭 Industrial Growth in America due to Gold Rush (गोल्ड रश से औद्योगिक वृद्धि)
- 🚂 Construction of railway lines across America.
- 👷 Thousands of Chinese workers were employed.
- 🏗️ Development of industries producing railway equipment.
- 🚜 Large-scale agricultural machines were manufactured.
- 🏙️ Growth of industrial towns in USA and Canada.
🏹 Displacement of Native Americans (मूल बाशिंदों को बेदखल करना)
- 👨👦 Many settlers from Britain & France (younger sons with no inheritance) wanted land ownership in America.
- ✝️ Protestants and some Catholics left Europe to escape dominance and start a new life.
- 🌾 Settlers grew new crops (not found in Europe) to earn profits.
- ❌ They believed natives did not know how to “use” land, so displacing them was justified.
⚔️ Methods of Displacement (बेदखल करने के तरीके)
- 📝 Taking more land by fraud.
- 💰 Breaking payment promises after land deals.
- ✍️ Forcing natives to leave after land-sale agreements.
- 🪖 Using the US army to expel Cherokee tribes.
- ⛏️ Forcing natives out whenever lead, gold, or minerals were discovered underground.
🌊 1970s Wave of Change in Australia (1970 के दशक में बदलाव)
- 🌱 New respect for Australian indigenous people.
- 🎭 Seen as communities with unique cultures.
- ☀️ Recognition of their methods of understanding nature & climate.
- 🎨 Appreciation of stories, weaving, paintings, handicrafts.
- 🏛️ Universities & museums started studying and preserving their culture.
- 📖 Indigenous people began writing their own history.
- 🌍 Their bond with land was respected and honored.