American people of Irish descent

Both Native Americans and Europeans are guilty of altering the non-human world around them, using the land for food and shelter, but the extent of the changes differ, as well as their motives. Native Americans survived off of the land, hunting and growing their food, but they also held a very strong spiritual connection to it, where the Europeans saw profit, they saw a long history of culture. European alterations to the environment in the New World were more severe than the Native American’s,…

affairs and gain more wealth. Many of the people also came to the New World to practice their own form of religion without being persecuted for it. The first Europeans to explore the New World were the Spanish and they were also the first to settle in what is now the United States. This New World for Europeans was already home for the Native Americans. As the European explorers continues to expand in North America, they brought many changes to Native American tribes. Europeans carried what would…

displaced Native Americans. The concept of displacement of the Native Americans that Deloria explains mirrors the shift that Ira Hayes experiences as a Native American soldier in Clint Eastwood’s film Flags of Our Fathers. Though the time periods are extremely far apart, the sense of Native American displacement as the result of white Americans in the film echoes that in Deloria’s writing. Deloria points out the ways in which Europeans and in turn, colonists, viewed Native Americans in which…

believed the world only consisted of a few land masses that only included Europe, Africa, and Asia. As time, and technology progressed, people were discovering new lands across the world. With the discovery of these new lands, also brought new resources, and most important new land to build on. Unfortunately, most of these lands were already inhabited by the indigenous people of the land. This would naturally lead to conflict between the two groups that are vying for dominance of the land. At…

As I would see it, the Europeans profited more from the Columbian Exchange. The Columbian trade of harvests influenced both the Old World and the New. Amerindian trims that have crossed seas—for instance, maize to China and the white potato to Ireland—have been stimulants to populace development in the Old World. The last's yields and animals have had much a similar impact in the Americas—for instance, wheat in Kansas and the Pampa, and meat steers in Texas and Brazil. The full story of the…

periods can be a good tool to see how the time period has had an impact on broader American life. To begin, Tamaki’s, World War II: American Dilemmas chapter describes the color lines of America at that time period and how we saw the country from a multicultural perspective. The war made some question Japanese Americans and which side they were on. In addition, the text mentions how many different ethnic groups of people fought to have the opportunity to fight for the country. This text shows…

During this visit Las Casas also informed the Pope of the outrages happening in New Spain. Visiting the Pope lead to Las Casas taking up the task of Indian Doctrinero, the sanctioned examiner of the Indians; although he still owned multiple Indian people. This lasted until 1514 when Las Casas renounced his ownership of his…

In the United States of America, people, especially in the world of politics, are often asked to define who is exactly is an “American”. On the surface, the answer seems rather obvious; an American is a person who is a native or citizen of the United States of America (Oxford Dictionary). However, 239 years ago, the United States of America became it’s own independent country. Since the formation of the original 13 colonies, men, women, and their families have fled to the USA to escape the…

with interviewing people from different backgrounds. As a person of Arab descent, I tried to find two people with vastly different ethnic backgrounds. The first person I interviewed was a fellow student from University. The student is a male, and his background is Irish and English. The student is an American, but his grandparents had migrated from Ireland over 80 years ago. The second person I interviewed was my neighbor. My neighbor is an American as well, but he is of Indian descent. Given…

Protestant awareness brought Irish immigrants to the Pennsylvania Coal Region while the coal industry was exponentially growing (Pollock). Due to these harsh treatments and conditions across the Pacific, the Irishmen created unions and societies and these groups were brought to America with these immigrants. Although the alleged Molly Maguires in America never gave themselves the name “Molly Maguires,” it can be assumed that the men who may have been a part of the Irish Mollies brought the ideas…