Great Britain’s imperial ambitions resulted in a series of military conflicts with its European neighbors that spread to the North American colonies. Unable to avoid warfare, some colonists developed strategic alliances with Native Americans. The willingness had less to do with the friendly feelings toward the Americans and more with their recognition of the colonists growing power on the continent. Many of the English colonists were more than happy to engage in warfare with the unfamiliar and “dangerous savages.” Captain Lovewell’s account in the Ballad of Pigwacket shows this willingness to fight with the Native Americans.…
As a first generation Indo-American, I often speak quietly of my achievements, seeing my parents’ accomplishments as feats of humanity. However, I have a strong work ethic and have proven that I can handle responsibilities. I have repeatedly placed first in extracurricular University Interscholastic League math and science competitions at the district level, and plan to compete at the state level. I have also shown academic responsibility by making the Honor Roll multiple times. Furthermore, I participate in leadership programs such as Future Farmers of America, and contribute back to the community through the local Interact Club.…
I am an Indian-American, forever bound to the hyphen. I grew up in the South Side of Jamaica, Queens, a city that was highly diverse, highly progressive, with a high poverty and incarceration rate. I lived with eight of my family members under one roof. My parents and I shared a bed. When I was five, my life changed.…
To understand what exactly led to the eventual fighting between the Native Americans and European settlers, one must first learn the cultural differences between them. While, some Native American’s learned to “coexist” with new foreign settlers trading and interacting with them, other natives did not like these invaders and were eventually destroyed, usually by force. These new Europeans tried to bring their new way of life to the natives while these people just wanted to maintain their traditional and natural way of life. Native Americans wanted to live for their family, religion and becoming one with nature. They believed that all things were connected spiritually and that their actions could directly influence nature around them.…
A cultural profile can be defined as oral traditions and expressions, performing arts; social gatherings, rituals and traditions knowledge and beliefs about nature and the universe; and craftsmanship. My cultural profile was very unclear to me before starting this assignment. After doing some research and self-inspection, I would classify myself as belonging to modern teenage/young adult American culture. Two very broad cultures I’d like to compare with my own are Baptist Christian culture and Native American culture. However, within every culture there are many different individuals that react to people of different cultures in varying ways, and there is no set behavior that every member conforms to so making comparisons about myself and my…
Indian desires were simple and attainable for the most part. All they required from life were buffalo to feast upon, safety from neighboring tribes and a good harvest. These cravings were on a different spectrum to those of the Europeans. The foreign society desired gold, and glory, and where convinced that the Indians withheld them. The natives held no account to gold and were amiss to the concept of it.…
In the interview with sara I learned that the U.S and Pakistan are very different. Sara said she noticed that in the U.S food is wasted while there are so many people around the world that are starving. In Pakistan they have a month where they don’t eat from sunrise to sundown. Sara said they did this because (they sympathize with the people all over the world who are starving?). The U.S. doesn’t do that.…
I think the story could take place in America. I believe this, because nothing is really different between the two settings. There doesn't seem to be much of a difference except for the when they go into the city and there are more language barriers then there would be in America. This is because of them being in a large city in Europe where there or more ethnicities.…
Abstract: Culture is the way in which people look at situations and solve their problems as cited in Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner, 1998. It’s a mix of the ideas, customs, social behaviour, beliefs and practices of a particular people of society. It impacts the way we view, organize, and conduct business and life. Cross-cultural differences directly influence the degree of success for any international business thus impacting areas like human resources, business alliances, foreign direct investment, finance and accounting. (Kevin D. Lo, Amanda Budde-Sung, 2013) We examine Australia and India as examples of the national model and explain cultural differences between the two countries based on Hofstede’s dimensions and the impact on motivation,…
In the world today, we see so many events happening that sometimes we do not know why they occur. In the western side of the world we see people living in more developed countries such as the United States and Europe. As in the eastern side there are countries that are a lower developed countries for example South west Asia and south Asia. To have a comparison between two countries that I will be explaining about are Europe and South West Asia. Those two regions have a lot of differences in their physical geography, how many people live in the region, what type of culture background they have, their differences in geopolitics, and especially where their development rank in the world.…
India and the UK Two very powerful countries, but there was a time when the British empire used to rule over India (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh). In those decades the UK learnt somethings from India, and India learnt a few things from the UK, while somethings will never change. So in this text I will reflect, compare and share my opinions on the differences and similarities between India and the UK. One huge similarity is the language English. English is growing rapidly all around the world, with well over 900 English-speakers worldwide (as their first language).…
Similarities and dissimilarities between Chinese and Indian Culture - Posemsetty Padma Lakshmi Naga Apoorva 20131070 Chinese is analogous to Indian Culture in many ways. I reached to this conclusion because of the many similarities I found throughout the course. First we learnt about how the Chinese believed the earth was formed how their life started from a seed and after this being kept on going and separated the sky and the land and then the snake like goddess created human beings. Even though this might not be similar coincidently many of our gods and goddesses too are half human and half animals. For example out Lord Ganesha has the face of an elephant and the body of a human even though it is contested that this was to cover up facial…
The United Kingdom is full of culture and popular traditions that many might be familiar with. When people think of British culture they automatically think of their charming accents and tea, but there is so much more than that. I chose the UK culture because I was always intrigued by it, then I studied abroad in London and was even more captivated. England, Scotland, Wales, Great Britain refer to parts of the United Kingdom. The name Britain goes back to Roman times when they called England and Wales “Britannia".…