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This 8 page paper examines the beliefs British migrants that allowed them to feel they were entitled to colonise the lands of other peoples. The paper focuses on New Zealand and the migration that began in 1840. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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culture that had been pervading the British Empire that not only encompassed mercantilism and then capitalism, but also perceptions of religious and social superiority and very different cultural views of
ownership of land and goods. The migration to New Zealand and its colonisation began in earnest in 1840, to understand the reasons that these migrants felt they
had the right to colonise the lands of other peoples the background to the migration needs to be considered as this indicates the attitude of the colonisers with the values
and beliefs. This can then be placed within the bigger picture of the colonial practices of the British Empire. In 1840 there were only 2,000 non native people living
on the islands; however there had been greater numbers as there were British citizens that had lived temporarily in the land. The process had begun in 1792 when sealers set
up home in Dusky Sound, there were the first inhabitants of the land that were not Maori. Between this time and 1840, there were settlers that travelled from New South
Wales in Australia, these were a range of individual from escaping convicts to mercenaries who want to preach to the heathen natives (NZ History Net, 2003). After 1840 five
new Zealand company settlements were established, Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth were settled between 1840 and 1842, and between 18498 and 1852 Otago and Canterbury (NZ History, 2003). These
were assisted migrations, as such these were people who were looking to start a new life, to make their fortune or to create a life with opportunities of
land that did not exist in their native land (NZ History Net, 2003). This alone gives us some reasoning for the migration, the search for riches that may be seen
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