O.Guischard
American Experience HUM 100
Dec.2, 2016
Assignment 6
Leap of Faith
My family’s history began in the early nineteen hundreds with the birth of my Grandfather. He was born in 1907 in the month of December. My Grandmother was born in the year of 1905 in the Month of February. They both grew up on the Island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. My Grandfather was born to a mother of Blackfoot decent and father of chinse decent. My Grandmother mother was half Dutch and West Indian decent my great-grandfather was a woods craftsmen by trade his livelihood came from building houses, coffins and such. During the early part of my Grandfathers youth, he was taught the trade of woodworking by the time he got to the sixth grade …show more content…
Wow how cool is that? By this time, my Grandmother is also being recognized for her cooking skills. She is now one of the top cooks in the Blue Beards Castle, which is a top Hotel on the Island at this time. My Grandparents relocate to New York City so my Grandfather can be closer to the job assignments given to him. One of the first jobs my Grandfather worked on was at Fort Drum installation in upstate New York. During this period my Grandfather was granted the opportunity to join the Carpenters union which was un heard of at this time in the early nineteen …show more content…
The reading of Zinn gives a good picture of what was one of the causes of the great migration to and around the Americas. To compare the strategies and motives underlying the conquest of the Aztecs by Cortez and the conquest of the Incas by Pissarro, we see that Pizarro killed mass numbers of people in Peru using the same tactics Cortez used destroying the slaves, products of the soil, to satisfy stock holders and monarchial bureaucracies to spur the growth of the new money economy rising out of feudalism. This is the same way slave owners treated their slaves as well as the surrounding population. This is one of the major factors that led people like my Grandfather as well as plenty others to flee their birth place and come to the new world to take a chance with in a new structure regardless of the risk such as racism and
American Experience HUM 100
Dec.2, 2016
Assignment 6
Leap of Faith
My family’s history began in the early nineteen hundreds with the birth of my Grandfather. He was born in 1907 in the month of December. My Grandmother was born in the year of 1905 in the Month of February. They both grew up on the Island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. My Grandfather was born to a mother of Blackfoot decent and father of chinse decent. My Grandmother mother was half Dutch and West Indian decent my great-grandfather was a woods craftsmen by trade his livelihood came from building houses, coffins and such. During the early part of my Grandfathers youth, he was taught the trade of woodworking by the time he got to the sixth grade …show more content…
Wow how cool is that? By this time, my Grandmother is also being recognized for her cooking skills. She is now one of the top cooks in the Blue Beards Castle, which is a top Hotel on the Island at this time. My Grandparents relocate to New York City so my Grandfather can be closer to the job assignments given to him. One of the first jobs my Grandfather worked on was at Fort Drum installation in upstate New York. During this period my Grandfather was granted the opportunity to join the Carpenters union which was un heard of at this time in the early nineteen …show more content…
The reading of Zinn gives a good picture of what was one of the causes of the great migration to and around the Americas. To compare the strategies and motives underlying the conquest of the Aztecs by Cortez and the conquest of the Incas by Pissarro, we see that Pizarro killed mass numbers of people in Peru using the same tactics Cortez used destroying the slaves, products of the soil, to satisfy stock holders and monarchial bureaucracies to spur the growth of the new money economy rising out of feudalism. This is the same way slave owners treated their slaves as well as the surrounding population. This is one of the major factors that led people like my Grandfather as well as plenty others to flee their birth place and come to the new world to take a chance with in a new structure regardless of the risk such as racism and