American Expansion Essay

The rebellions in the British North American colonies against new acts after the French and Indian War are the events that interest me most. The French and Indian War devastated the government and economic relations between Britain and colonists. Britain passed The Tea Act and The Intolerable Acts in the colonies in which the colonists did not react well to. This lead to many protests, rebellions, and attacks on the British, but they could not come to an agreement. Eventually, the colonists…

late 1760s and early 1770s, very few truly believed the American colonies had any hope of gaining freedom from the British Empire. Even throughout the Revolutionary War, many, including quite a few Americans, still did not believe victory was possible. This disbelief was far from being unreasonable. After all, Britain was an undeniably powerful empire and had a large, well-trained army and navy. However, despite general doubts over American victory, the colonists benefitted from the…

John Demos is an American Author and a professor for Yale University. Within John Demos’ article, “Notes on Life in Plymouth Colony,” Demos displays the movement and expansion of early colonies especially Plymouth. The topic of the article focuses on movement of colonies in comparison between the traditional colonies and Plymouth, in which Plymouth does not fit within that category (Demos, 1965, p.264). Demos argues that the concept of a traditional colony is static, does not fit in terms of…

particular ethnic groups. This is the case of Jazz and African-Americans as well as Tejano and Mexica- Americans. In the article Tejanos and the Making of the Texas Jazz Festival, 1959-2013, Guadalupe San Miguel Jr. describes how minority ethnic groups influence one each other and how such influence is seen through music, especially jazz and Tejano music. During the historical study, San Miguel Jr. attempts to analyze the tendency Mexican Americans have had about adapting different music genres…

From a young age Americans are taught that they live in the best country in the world. They are taught that our way of thinking is always correct and better than everyone else's. We don’t even notice it happening because it occurs in such subtle ways: through schools, news media, television shows and movies, and much more. These things portray America as a great country that never does anything wrong and make us view the United States of America in a way that is not completely accurate. They…

were thrown overboard into the Boston Harbor by Samuel Adams and The Sons of Liberty. They did this with the intention of having one goal in mind, meaning no more taxes. Since the Boston Tea Party was one of the biggest events that led up to the American Revolution, one might ask themselves what would have happen if the colonist had never thrown the tea overboard?. In order to answer these questions, the knowing of the events that led up to the Boston Tea Party are very important. The…

has shifted our thinking in ridiculous ways, we have glorified murderers, genocide and thieves. In Louise Eldrich’s Dear John Wayne she attempts to combat this one-sidedness when it comes to Native Americans. In this poem Eldrich attempts to lift some of the misconceptions associated with Native Americans by using subtle symbolism and overt…

The relationship between the American Colonies and Great Britain were changed economically and politically after the seven years’ war (1756-1763). The conclusion of the war led to more events that began with The British Empire restriction on the expansion on settlings of colonists towards the states that were abandoned by the French colonies. The Great Britain won the war, so they went into deep debts which led to unfair taxation of the colonists. The real shift in mutual relationship is rooted…

Proclamation of Neutrality, instead of starting a war, Jefferson took a more economical approach by passing of the Embargo Act, which prevented American merchants from sailing to any foreign ports. Two years after the Embargo Act was passed, it was repealed and Madison replaced it with a law called the Nonintercourse Act of 1809, making it only illegal for Americans to trade with Britain and France. These two laws show the presidents’ resistance to violence in favor of a more peaceful,…

characteristics of any individual that are inherited based on where their ancestry is from, and what their genetics are. For instance, if someone is White, I usually characterize them as European-American, or Caucasian. If someone is Black, I tend to identify them as African-American, and so on. My family is Scottish-Irish American, and we participate in the Highland games. My uncles wear kilts, as do my cousins, and we have visited Scotland in the past. Race is what a person's genetic and…