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1. The impact of the development of agriculture did so create a void in the Native American community. They were harbored out of the land they occupied in order for settlers to expand and began harvesting. These Native Americans, in the process, lost their homes and lives fighting in this battle. Some were paid for the land they occupied but some were forced violently to remove themselves from the grounds.…
Westward Expansion impacted them socially by taking the Native Americans culture from them. More specifically by killing their tribes, taking them off of their reservations and forcing them to learn to act like white settlers, taking their tents so they are unable to move around and putting them in schools to learn English and how to work. They are affected economically/geographically by having their main resources taken away from them. The white settlers took their buffalo, timber and land in the name of Westward Expansion, making it hard for the Natives as those things are what they mainly used for survival. Lastly Westward Expansion affected the lives of Native Americans politically.…
Native cultures disappeared due to the natives not being immune to the European…
One way that the Natives were affected was that they were removed from their land by the whites. The whites had tricked the Natives into signing a treaty by having only 3 natives signing for all natives. Natives were forced to walk 800 miles to west, also called the Trail of Tears…
The farming unsuccessful for the Indians because the land that they were using was not useful and there was little rainfall for their crops. The land of the Native Americans had fell into the hands of the whites. The land was divided into sections and given families or single person. Each head of a family got one-quarter of section. Each single person over 18 years of age got one-eighth of a section, it was the same for orphan children under 18 years of age.…
Americans treated them as if they where there pets. However many Natives often wasted away, unable to carry out subsistence farming as they didn't really know how to. They began to rely on government money,external food sources and help from the Indian Bureau. Many of their fishing rights were revoked too. Consequently not being able to expand their economy, causing them to diminish in numbers.…
The Natives were essentially marginalized as the many groups expanded. They were pushed out of the way and not treated well. One of the compromises that the U.S. government tried to make with Indian population was the creation of reservations. The purpose of reservation was to give the Natives there own land that would be untouched by new settlers. The downside to this was the land was usually not the best and the resources they needed usually had to be purchased by white American traders.…
Although Americans did not cause this decline, they did play a large role in the loss of native Hawaiian culture. Mark Twain summed this up perfectly by stating "Although Hawaiians died due to European microbes, their culture will die due to American Christianization and the march of political economy"(Wilson, 2000, p. 527). He did not see any problems with this. He thought that the government should exploit economic gains that Hawaii could bring through tourism and trade. This exploitation of Hawaii was very degrading to the Hawaiian people, and it resulted in further loss of culture and…
All the big positives were fresh start, farming land, gold, and being closer to Asia to have better trade ways. There were also horrible negatives to go along with the positives.…
Have you ever been to Hawaii? Have you ever been to France? Would you rather go to Hawaii or go to France? Hawaii and France are very different but they are similar in many ways as well. For example Hawaii and France are different because Hawaii is a state but France is a country.…
"Have humility and integrity and with your perseverance, the world can be yours. "-Clarence T. C. Ching. This quote made me want to make Hawaii a better place by being humble and determined to make differences. Over the past two years I have been inspired by so many people who change the world.…
Ever since the immigration act of 1965 went into action, many foreigners came to Hawaii to seek for a better life. People left their homeland due to political, economical, and survival issues. Leaving their homeland by migrating to America was opening the door to opportunity. Since so many people of different ethnicities lived in Hawaii, the Hawaiian culture became diluted, which allowed other ethnicities to throw in a piece of their culture into the local culture. Due to Hawaii’s melting pot, The culture of Hawaii has evolved into one where various ethnicities gather together, but don’t fully blend, creating a whole new identity with their ethnicity and local society.…
The Hawaiian kingdom was once ruled by a king that united all the islands, his name was Kamehameha. As the kingdom was passed on to his sons many changes accorded. Christianity was introduced bringing many missionaries. Whaling ships found Hawaii to be an ideal location to rest and refit their ships. These foreigners changed Hawaii economic social political status.…
Being Hawaiian means being strong. Before the Kingdom of Hawaii was illegally overthrown in 1893, they were a people of rich, flourishing culture. They lived in a highly organized, self sufficient social system with a sophisticated language and religion. Although they were eradicated and hundreds of thousands died from disease, they were able to maintain their culture and survive. I am proud to call myself Hawaiian, because I know that we are survivors.…