To What Extent Did Historical Globalization Affect People's Lives

Globalization is more than the mere transfer of goods and the contacts between countries but it’s also the transfer of a culture. To what extent did historical globalization affect people’s lives? In our Canadian society we support cultural diversity,there are more than 50 aboriginal languages spoken in Canada. However there is a very small amount of people that actually speak aboriginal because of the cultural genocide the First Nations faced when the Europeans arrived in the 15th century.This launched a series of cultural contacts between them. They assimilated the aboriginals in hope to gain power using residential schools,treaties and strict rules.The Europeans were imperial to the Aboriginals. The aboriginals lost their collective identity and meaning of life. The Beothuk was completely wiped out, their people and even their culture was was lost.

An extinction of a culture has a huge impact as they cannot pass down their cultural histories or even tell their story in their own perspective. Before her death 1829, Shanawdithit was believed to be the last of the Beothuk. When the Europeans came and explored the Atlantic in the 15th century the ,ly blocked of the Beothuks hunting ground. It blocked off the Beothuks access to the sea, which prevented them from pursuing their traditional marine lifestyle. The Beothuk were forced to move inland and had to now compete with the English for furs and food. Tensions between the English and Beothuk lead to conflict, English traders attacking, and killing many of the Beothuk. With the loss of their traditional ways and culture the Beothuk began to decline. They faced cultural