The different years and significant happened was already given to us, so we had to rewrite it and put it into a presentation. I chose the dates 1814, 1840, 1882, 1907, 1920, 1937, 1945, 1958, 1971 and 1990. I chose these because they were each a good distance apart and depicted something large happening in New Zealand.
Jessica
ReplyDeleteI liked your graphic.. nice work. My specialist subject area is economics and the early contact years between European and Māori is really interesting. Few people realise for example that until the 1860s European colonists were almost totally reliant on Māori for food as they were incapable of producing sufficient for their own needs. Māori controlled almost all coastal shipping .. the only realistic way of shifting goods (food in particular) around the country, as there were few if any road networks). We too often forget this. Can you find out what key events changed this balance in economic power and control over food? It's not a nice story!!!