For many years in history, Native Americans have been mistreated. The past is not something that is easy for them to look at. They’ve been beaten, attacked, forced out of their homes, and killed. Even nowadays they are often mocked and made fun. The way we have treated and viewed Native Americans has evolved over the years, but the past still haunts them. In “The Diary of Mary Rowlandson”, the settlers invaded the villages, beat the natives over the head, cut open their bowels, stripped them naked, and killed many. “...One was knocked on the head, the other escaped; another there was who running along was shot and wounded, and fell down; he begged of them his life, promising them money (as they told me) but they would not hearken to him but
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Westward expansion was the main goal of early Americans, and manifest destiny was their mindset. Manifest destiny is the belief that the United States was destined by God to expand across North America. In the painting, it portrays the expansion as a glorious and righteous thing, but it really was not that way for the most part. The idea of manifest destiny is one of the biggest causes of the boarding school era, the settlers wanted to conquer the Indians so that they could gain and take control of their land. In the picture we see the right side is full of light, and glory, whereas the left side is dark and gloomy. We see the whites farming, and growing crops, but on the other side we see the troubled Native Americans fleeing, in a desperate attempt to maintain the way of life they’ve always lived. In the middle of the painting, the angel is leading the way for the settlers, and lighting up the land as she goes, this symbolizes manifest destiny. During this time Indians were seen as savages, and driving them out of the area would perhaps, “clean America”. Native Americans did not think this was fair, they had lived off that land for many years and being forced out of their homeland was not something they took
Westward expansion was the main goal of early Americans, and manifest destiny was their mindset. Manifest destiny is the belief that the United States was destined by God to expand across North America. In the painting, it portrays the expansion as a glorious and righteous thing, but it really was not that way for the most part. The idea of manifest destiny is one of the biggest causes of the boarding school era, the settlers wanted to conquer the Indians so that they could gain and take control of their land. In the picture we see the right side is full of light, and glory, whereas the left side is dark and gloomy. We see the whites farming, and growing crops, but on the other side we see the troubled Native Americans fleeing, in a desperate attempt to maintain the way of life they’ve always lived. In the middle of the painting, the angel is leading the way for the settlers, and lighting up the land as she goes, this symbolizes manifest destiny. During this time Indians were seen as savages, and driving them out of the area would perhaps, “clean America”. Native Americans did not think this was fair, they had lived off that land for many years and being forced out of their homeland was not something they took