Indigenous peoples of the Americas

When the U.S decided to build the transcontinental railroad it was a big step in the U.S’s future. It connected the east to the west and it saved people weeks to get to the west. While this was good for the U.S it had impacted the native Americans greatly. The Americans pressured the natives to switch their culture and the native the refused got into battles with the Americans. One of the biggest things that impacted the natives was the lost of their land. The transcontinental railroad…

they were beaten and forced to work without pay. The land that had initially belonged to them were taken away. The Spaniards also brutally murdered the Indians. Las Casas explains that within 8 years the population had decreased from three million people to about two hundred thousand. Some of these captives were burned alive while others were tortured or subjected to hunger and diseases that killed them off. The Spaniards argued that the Indians were uncivilized and that they needed…

A long-term impact the Spanish had in the United States was the encomienda system. Even though the system was replaced with a United States general slavery system, it influenced the development of slavery in the US which would last for many years. The Columbian Exchange impacted the new and old worlds by introducing many valuable crops such as citrus to the new world and vanilla tobacco to the old world. It also brought new technology which improved the combat of the natives in the new world,…

the immense anthropological questions risen after the discovery that he is almost 9,000 years old. The scientists were concerned with many questions, a few being how he got there, what his relation was to other prehistoric skeletons found in North America, and the possible relationship to Native…

The Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and other iconic national monuments have all been successful in commemorating certain times and figures in history. While these monuments are simple symbols of the United States' past, it required much thought and contemplation of certain factors to make them impactful and appropriate. In the development of a monument, an agency should consider the suggested location and the purpose behind the memorial, because these factors…

their beliefs. Columbus’s letters shape both the ideas that the people have of the natives of the New World and the ideas of riches, prosperity and beauty that is associated with the land. One work that clearly demonstrates how influential Columbus’s letters were, was his own work, “Letter Concerning the First Voyage.” In his work he describes in vivid detail the people of the New World and contributes to the stereotype that these people are uncivilized and…

In Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad discusses how the Europeans treat the native congo people. Throughout the novella imperialism is presented by the Europeans attempting to colonize the Congo region. Joseph Conrad explains the harsh exploitation of the Congo through the perspective of Marlow. Marlow sees how the natives are treated with disrespect as their rightful land is taken from them. By analyzing Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad through a new criticism lens, one can see that the…

Whitman. This poem is baffling to many people because of both the symbolism and wordplay. Walt Whitman begins by introducing the subject in the poem, which is himself and he goes on by celebrating this theme. Whitman utilizes words such “I”, “myself” and his inner soul to generate a feel of being and depiction in specific sects of the poem. Whilst it seems as though the main theme of the poem is himself, himself actually resembles a symbol for the people of America as a whole. Whitman is of the…

lifestyles in the East and restart their lives as a pioneer in the western frontier. This created even more prosperity in the already successful nation. Fugitive Slave Act (1850) The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a law that allowed citizens of America to kidnap free blacks for slave catchers, claiming that they were runaway slaves. If colonists failed to follow this federal policy, it would not only result in a large fine of $1000, but also several months in jail. During the first few months…

money made it into the hands of the people on the reservations.…