Rome and Greece were two fascinating ancient worlds that played a big roll in Western Civilization. They had very similar cultures. Similarities between these worlds included gods, architecture, and art. Despite their similar cultures geography was different. Differences in geography included location, water sources, and land.…
The United States began as a country of two societies.…
US I Research Paper- Semester I From the settling of English citizens to the New World in Jamestown, Virginia, or the settlement of pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Early American people endured battle, victory, and hardships. They were an underdeveloped society who fought to claim land that was not rightfully theirs, and would become close to succumbing to foreign countries and one very close to them, Great Britain. Through steady and great defiance, the Early Americas developed a strong government, while facing several challenges.…
Have you ever had a sister or brother or just somebody come and just ruin the things and ways you do things? Well, before us Europeans and British came to the Americas, there were already people here, about 300,000 of them. We kind of ruined their lives, but anywho, those people were from all kind of places, like what used to be Eurasia, Africa, and even Australia! They were the first people here, and most people thought they crossed over the land bridge and split into a number of groups. Today I am going to compare and contrast three of the regions that they split into.…
America and Ancient Rome have many things in common. We both have a lot of culture, we both live[d] in a Republic, and America has gained many ideas from Ancient Roman history. Our founding fathers wanted to make America very similar to Rome and so they took many parts from Roman history that they liked and instituted it into our constitution. In America today we need to look at Roman history and see what went right and what went wrong. Since America is so similar to Rome we should learn about the mistakes that Rome made that led to the fall of it’s empire because we do not want to fall too.…
By the 18th century North America was changing dramatically for both not only a positive and rippling way . Many of the British officials were moving west from the Atlantic coast and starting to cross into the Ohio River Valley(territory of the Spanish). The Spanish occupied a huge area extending from the Gulf of California, across the desert to the Gulf Coast and finally Florida. The French settled primarily in New France. The changes in North America were dramatic for the Native Americans as their whole view and standpoint in their world had started changing .…
Colonial America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a time period of great change. This time period greatly shaped how America is today. Many important principles such as the enlightenment and the great awakening changed how our early country functioned. Many of the old principles that shaped our country were taken straight from French and other European freedom philosophers. Many factors such as immigration, trade, slavery and the French and Indian war played a very important part in the shaping and development of the United States of America.…
In American history, the country has both ascended and plummeted to historic events, which has prompted major development over many years. Before America was even a country it had to fight for its independence from England prompting the biggest development of all. In the country's history, women had tirelessly fought for their right to vote when finally all their dedication and hard work lead them to the success. The capitalist ways of America over time has had rules place to restricted money made decisions that had negatively affect all American citizens. The actions of America have impacted its present and ongoing future evolution.…
The Colonial American period lasted from 1492 until 1763 , and it ended 252 years ago. At that time, people didn’t have the same resources that we have today such as electronics so people had to live differently from how we do. Although there are many differences between Colonial American and The United States we have today, there are many similarities as well. There was an effect in the United States and its culture that we have today, because of the colonial period, even though we may not realize it.…
All cultures, decades, countries, and people have different views on what it really means to be an American. Slavery was beyond prominent in the 18th century, so the African Americans were treated poorly. Views have changed since slavery has abolished, but there are other countries like China who believe that Americans are not as smart or helpful as the Chinese think they are. The views of what it means to be an American varies, but the main archetype is a hero. In Langston Hughes poem, “I, Too”, during the time of slavery and segregation, African Americans were considered outcasts, but proved themselves to be heroes.…
The clash of worlds: Through the human eye In society today, the citizens of America do not value the things and they have. Everything comes so easy for everyone in this society. We look at it as no more working in the fields, or working hard to get what we have. Then we bring our own selfish ways in. Back in the Roman period, the roman had to learn on their own and try new things to make it.…
Reading the American Past, illustrates how people place others in racial and gender expectations / stereotypes. On Friday August 1681 in Henrico county Virginia Katherine Watkins a white women accused John Long a mulatto slave of raping her. John Long supposedly stuff a handkerchief in her mouth and raped her between her and Thomas Cockes house. Those who testified stated it involved a late afternoon of cider drinking. Several witness described Katherine throwing herself to several of Cockes slaves.…
Throughout this semester in the Comparative History of North America course, I have learned how all global processes and events are in some way linked to another event in the same region or perhaps in a country far away. Also, understanding how the same event is viewed historically or documented in the first person, can be drastically different depending on which side the author of the document is aligned with. By comparing these events from all perspectives we get a truer version of the how the event actually took place. I keep returning to the quote by Dr. Brescia “Nothing makes sense when seen in isolation”, it has challenged me to continually look beyond a single source for an answer to understand the truer version of historical events,…
America is made up of many different types of people who live in a country. This society of people have different perspectives on what they think of America. Although everyone within the region have their own way of what they believe is important in their lives social assumptions affect their perspectives as well. America past history have shaped most of the issues that are currently happening in the society today. Race, class and stereotypes have an effect on the American culture values.…
America today is very similar to the Romans because just as that Romans enjoyed seeing the gladiators kill each other and seeing criminals, prisoners of war or slaves thrown in and arena with wild animals. America is the same we enjoy watching football, hockey, and boxing. Where did this activity lead Rome? The Roman Empire is no more so if America is walking the same road that Roman took, we might be setting our self up for self distraction. If America does not change its ways then we will most likely be destroyed.…