Social power is defined as having full advantaged to social, cultural, and economic resources without being penalized for using it in corrupt or immoral ways. In the case of the colonial period, it was crucial to have such power structures in order to create forms of racial discrimination against others. The first settlers, also known as the colonists, were eventually given full control over parcels and ways to get rid off other ethnic groups, such as the Cherokees. Colonists used this supremacy in a malicious matter and without remorse for destroying the lives of Native Americans, which once tried to aid the firsts colonists into getting accustomed to the crops and weather. One type of power that was given to use in full advantage was the
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This Indian removal policy was put into place after the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which was created during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It granted the federal government the right to forcefully relocate many Native American nations, such as the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Muscogee, Creeks, and Seminoles from their homelands to western states, like Oklahoma. The people who were part of the Trail of Tears got separated into groups and these people underwent horrendous weather, diseases, famishment, and even death. Another option they had if they did not want to go through the relocation was to become citizens of the United States, but only if they assimilated to a white lifestyle. This meant getting rid of their cultures and traditions to become Christian and abide to white leaders. The reason as to why the Trail of Tears was accomplished was because of the all the power that the government had. The implication of this new arrangement to remove Native Americans from the land that they owned for hundreds of years, even before the colonists arrived, was effectual because of this so called power. Without it they would of rebelled against the atrocious legislatures, since they were more accustomed to the area and since they had previously gotten rid of the Vikings that were also trying to settle in the Americas during 1000 AD …show more content…
This occurred during the colonial period when the first ship that sailed from the Caribbean arrived at present day South Carolina in 1501. Officially in 1619 was the first time that twenty Africans were auctioned to the colony of Virginia (2). Even in the ships they suffered horrendous conditions, and because of this only half of the original number of people on board survived. The cause for the enslavement of Africans was that they were not familiar with their surroundings, and were also incapable of blending in with the Whites or Indigenous people since they had idiosyncratic skin colors. Another basis for institutionalized slavery was ethnocentrism; this denotes the preeminence of Whites and the prejudices of Black people. Plantations especially rice crops, also worked better because Africans were already used to harvesting and it resulted in cheap labor that allowed the owners of these plantations to benefit from the profits (3). Slaves did try to upraise against the cruel circumstances that they had to live with, but the power that their owners had was superior to their intentions. If the governmental power had been absent the slaves could have successfully revolted and would of averted slavery for another thousand
This Indian removal policy was put into place after the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which was created during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It granted the federal government the right to forcefully relocate many Native American nations, such as the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Muscogee, Creeks, and Seminoles from their homelands to western states, like Oklahoma. The people who were part of the Trail of Tears got separated into groups and these people underwent horrendous weather, diseases, famishment, and even death. Another option they had if they did not want to go through the relocation was to become citizens of the United States, but only if they assimilated to a white lifestyle. This meant getting rid of their cultures and traditions to become Christian and abide to white leaders. The reason as to why the Trail of Tears was accomplished was because of the all the power that the government had. The implication of this new arrangement to remove Native Americans from the land that they owned for hundreds of years, even before the colonists arrived, was effectual because of this so called power. Without it they would of rebelled against the atrocious legislatures, since they were more accustomed to the area and since they had previously gotten rid of the Vikings that were also trying to settle in the Americas during 1000 AD …show more content…
This occurred during the colonial period when the first ship that sailed from the Caribbean arrived at present day South Carolina in 1501. Officially in 1619 was the first time that twenty Africans were auctioned to the colony of Virginia (2). Even in the ships they suffered horrendous conditions, and because of this only half of the original number of people on board survived. The cause for the enslavement of Africans was that they were not familiar with their surroundings, and were also incapable of blending in with the Whites or Indigenous people since they had idiosyncratic skin colors. Another basis for institutionalized slavery was ethnocentrism; this denotes the preeminence of Whites and the prejudices of Black people. Plantations especially rice crops, also worked better because Africans were already used to harvesting and it resulted in cheap labor that allowed the owners of these plantations to benefit from the profits (3). Slaves did try to upraise against the cruel circumstances that they had to live with, but the power that their owners had was superior to their intentions. If the governmental power had been absent the slaves could have successfully revolted and would of averted slavery for another thousand