Taylor organizes his discussion of the colonization of the New World by European country. He deals with the Spanish, the French, and the Dutch as separate entities, combining his discussion of them only when the Europeans interact in the course of their colonizing. This certainly makes his text easy to read and understand, and is even what one might expect from a textbook entitled\u00a0American Colonies<\/em>. This fulfillment of expectation, however, is the cause of my disappointment. Until this point Taylor has defied cultural stereotypes of American history by turning the tables and approaching the issue of colonization from a Native American standpoint. I am sure that American Indians were aware of political differences among Europeans but to a certain extent, it seems to me, that to the American Indians, one white European invading their land was not too different from the next.<\/p>\n

Taylor returned to a more traditional approach to history in these chapters instead of continuing his trend of discussing events from the unsuccessful side. He certainly has good motives for sacrificing some of his political correctness and moral high ground. He gains clarity and straightforward organization, which he may have lost in a discussion that simply lumped all colonizers together and examined them from a Native American standpoint.<\/p>\n

This change in technique, however, does not cause Taylor to completely abandon his interest in revealing the strength and power of Native Americans. As Jennifer points out in her post, Taylor asserts several times that in modern-day Canada the American Indians seemed to run the show. They negotiated prices and took advantage of French traders instead of the other way around. Thus, Taylor has not left his sense of responsibility for telling an unconventional story completely behind. He simply seems to have wavered slightly more towards the commonplace approach to history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taylor organizes his discussion of the colonization of the New World by European country. He deals with the Spanish, the French, and the Dutch as separate entities, combining his discussion of them only when the Europeans interact in the course of their colonizing. This certainly makes his text easy to read and understand, and is … <\/p>\n

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