Analysis Of My Interviewee: The American Colonial Period

My interviewee knew very little about the American colonial period, for he never took an interest to learn about it throughout his life time. In high school my interviewee learned that there were many colonials in North American who got their freedom from Britain because they were differences. He also learned about all of the battles that the American colonists fought against the British Empire, and the colonist being the first ever Americans. The American revolutionary war fascinated my interviewee when he was in high school, so it created a patriotic spirit in him. He learned about the Native Americans, and the transformation of their livelihood. My interviewee knew the basic stuff about the American Colonial period, for that he …show more content…
First, my interviewee viewed the British as different people, but in fact most of the colonist came from Britain. The Quakers and the puritans came from Britain, for both of these colonist groups had similar culture as the British. The differences were the sect of Christianity, for Britain was mostly controlled by the Catholic Church. Most of the colonist were either Anglican or puritan sect. The second reason that my interviewee got was wrong, for that he considered the colonist being the first ever Americans. As we know that Native Americans lived in North America before the colonists stepped into that land. The Native Americans had been living in America for thousands of years, so it is not hard understand that Native Americans were the first ever Americans. Third, my interviewee was correct about the colonists who gotten their freedom from Britain. We know from history that the American revolutionary war was about the freedom and independence of the colonists. As you can see that my interviewee some beliefs were false and some were true about the American colonial period according to the …show more content…
The tension between the White Americans and African Americans root causes were slavery. Slavery impacted my interviewee, for it brought all of the African Americans to North America as slaves. The wounds that slavery left behind in American history were still fresh during the time of the interviewee. My interviewee also joined many protests with the African Americans in the city of Philadelphia. His father was sick, and he his family struggled financially. He worked all day, and he didn’t have much time to join protests. He took time from his busy schedule, and participated in protests for African Americans rights. As you can see that my interviewee financial struggle impacted his belief of freedom, for he joined the struggled of African American communities for equal rights and