Americas

How did America began ? What is the history behind it ? The beginning is still debatable today betwee historians, did America began after Christopher Columbus discover it or was it already started even before then, but just without a name. The United States of America was founded on July 4,1776. The original 13 colonies made up the first 13 states. After awile the land west of the mountains were made territories. The nation was still a loose confederation at the end of the American Revolution.…

long awaited paradise of America, I anticipated following the gold rush and providing for my family back in China. I hoped to find a better life in America. I ending up at the distant land of Angel Island or so I have been told of various other immigrants. As I arrived I was excited to advance from this point and adventure into the land called America, but I was told that I would not be allowed to enter. Due to the Chinese exclusion laws I am told that I cannot enter America. I am detained to…

The Europeans slipped up on America while trying to find cheaper routes to Asia in order to save on the trade goods. The main reason as to why European nations moved to America was to increase their wealth and expand their influence over world activities. According to (Barden, 2001), the Spanish were among the first Europeans to travel and settle in the New World and in what is presently the United States.By the year 1650, nevertheless, The British had already established a very dominant…

The establishment of both Spain and England in Americas started with one sole person; Cristopher Columbus, an explorer who founded the Americas in 1492, when he stumbled upon one of the Bohemian islands. From then on out Spain started settlements, more specifically in North America, by Ponce De Leon, and eventually the English came around to claim land as well sometime in 1589. Although both parties went to the Americas for similar motives they were quite different in their tactics to achieve…

In 1952, “Eisenhower Answers America” played on every television set across the United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his team were the first to ever broadcast a political campaign ad on television. Since then, nearly every political candidate seeks to target Americans more directly, personally, and visually through the use of aired advertisements. Whether an ad shows a smiling family, features a catchy jingle, or displays a montage of poor images of an opposing candidate, its…

involvement in community matters, are all embedded in their culture. Art and Sports Cultural diversity in America is seen in their art and sports. The US is widely known as a leader and pacesetter in the production of mass media content, including television, and the film industry. According to the US Department of Commerce, America alone brings to the…

From Columbus’ discovery of the Americas to about 1800, colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese redesigned the trade and social systems. Industry had both positive and negative effects within Latin America, its imperial powers of Spain and Portugal, and the African slave trading system. Although the sugar industry jumpstarted the economy of Latin America and helped to set up the system of global relations that we have today, it left the region at a disadvantage in trade and had lasting…

Spain and other European sea powers. This event is often described as the start of the modern era. Later on in 1620 English settlers, the so-called "Mayflower Pilgrims", left for America seeking religious freedom. They disembarked near Plymouth, Massachusetts, being the first successful European migrants in North America. The immigration flow to the US increased moderately after that but only during the 19th century, due to population pressure and hunger crises, millions of Europeans were driven…

Shawn Smith Mauldin UCCA 102 17 February 2016 Poverty in Latin America Throughout the myriad of problems that exist in South American and Central American countries, one problem seems to be common for all Latin American countries: poverty. For centuries, most countries in Latin America have been in the same economic state. They have enormous separations of class. Usually, the countries have no middle class, only the extremely rich and the extremely poor exist. Now, the debatable topics in this…

German Colonies in Early America In 1608, there is a great historical event happened on the American land: the first Germans arrived at Jamestown from far away Europe by ship. For the latter hundreds of years, the German settlers continues to built their colonization on this land. Nowadays, in modern American lives, we could still found the German characteristic. We wonder that for the several hundred years the process of German settlers finding better ways to adapt the environment. What…