Minority Groups in America
Introduction
The 20th century has witnessed the transformation of the United States from a dominating white population to society rich with an array of religious, racial and ethnic minority groups. Historically, the country has been dominated by a settler group of ethically and religiously diverse whites. Traced back to the first settlements from the 1600s to the 19th century, most minority groups in the United States were as result of forced immigration to work in the American firms (Du Bois, 2014). The heaviest burdens of the minority groups have historically fallen upon the Africans, Native Americans and Women. This paper discusses the social and political movements since the colonial America and how they have positive and negatively affected the minority groups in America. It also presents a comparison of how these groups have been affected from the period of Colonial to the modern-day America.
Minority groups in early American society
The European nations came to America to broaden their influence over the world affairs and increase their wealth. The new entrants were particularly governed by the European …show more content…
The horses brought over during the colonial period began to spread began to spread diseases among the natives. Due to lack of immunity from these diseases, thousands began to die from measles and chicken pox. During the colonial era, the British Crown dealt with the Indians tribes as foreign sovereign nations. A number of attitudes were used by the colonies to deal with the native Americans. With the use of doctrine of discovery, identified as pre-emption, the colonialists claimed that they had tittle to the Indian Land and they natives were only allowed to occupy (Dalal, 2011). The Indians were allowed to sell land by only to the colonial
Introduction
The 20th century has witnessed the transformation of the United States from a dominating white population to society rich with an array of religious, racial and ethnic minority groups. Historically, the country has been dominated by a settler group of ethically and religiously diverse whites. Traced back to the first settlements from the 1600s to the 19th century, most minority groups in the United States were as result of forced immigration to work in the American firms (Du Bois, 2014). The heaviest burdens of the minority groups have historically fallen upon the Africans, Native Americans and Women. This paper discusses the social and political movements since the colonial America and how they have positive and negatively affected the minority groups in America. It also presents a comparison of how these groups have been affected from the period of Colonial to the modern-day America.
Minority groups in early American society
The European nations came to America to broaden their influence over the world affairs and increase their wealth. The new entrants were particularly governed by the European …show more content…
The horses brought over during the colonial period began to spread began to spread diseases among the natives. Due to lack of immunity from these diseases, thousands began to die from measles and chicken pox. During the colonial era, the British Crown dealt with the Indians tribes as foreign sovereign nations. A number of attitudes were used by the colonies to deal with the native Americans. With the use of doctrine of discovery, identified as pre-emption, the colonialists claimed that they had tittle to the Indian Land and they natives were only allowed to occupy (Dalal, 2011). The Indians were allowed to sell land by only to the colonial