Describe the colonial history of the Pacific islands and contrast it to that of Australia and New Zealand

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In both Australia and New Zealand the European settlers displaced the indigenous peoples and
became politically and economically dominant. Throughout the Pacific islands, the indigenous
peoples remained numerically dominant, but their ways of life—politics, economics—were
heavily influenced by the European powers.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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