COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
It is God’s will we discover new places
|
|
|
If a land was not a Christian land, it could be claimed by a Christian nation.
|
|
|
All lands belong to those who are there first
|
|
|
All lands discovered by heathen nations have their own free will and can govern themselves
|
Detailed explanation-1: -More broadly, the doctrine of discovery can be described as an international law doctrine giving authorization to explorers to claim terra nullius – i.e. said inhabited land – in the name of their sovereign when the land was not populated by Christians.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Doctrine of Discovery provided a framework for Christian explorers, in the name of their sovereign, to lay claim to territories uninhabited by Christians. If the lands were vacant, then they could be defined as “discovered” and sovereignty claimed.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Doctrine of Discovery established a religious, political, and legal justification for colonization and seizure of land not inhabited by Christians.
Detailed explanation-4: -This decree gave European kings the right to “discover” and claim land in non-Christian areas. In 1452, Pope Nicholas V extended this policy through the Papal Bill Romanus Pontifex that declared war against all non-Christians in the world and authorized the conquest of their nations and territories.
Detailed explanation-5: -Father Jacques Marquette, a 17th-century French missionary, explores the Mississippi River by canoe. Through a series of papal decrees known as the Doctrine of Discovery, the Catholic Church encouraged the European takeover of the Americas to further spread Christianity.