Birds of North America

Woodside energy is Australian oil and gas producer. The company was founded a year after Australia’s first oil discovery, 1953, in a place called Rough Range near Exmouth in Western Australia. Woodside energy was incorporated on 26 July as Woodside Oil Co NL. The company took the name from the small town called Woodside in Victoria. In 2014 Woodside celebrated the company’s 60th anniversary. In a relatively short period of time the company made huge successes in domestic gas production and…

The first people who settled in Northern America traveled a long distance not looking for wealth, but solely food for their families. Over a long period, thousands of families left their homes and made their new home in Northern America to have a better opportunity to support their families. In our read sections, it stated, “Recent evidence cast doubt and suggested that the first settlers camp on boats, either following whales across the Pacific from Asia or coming from Europe to search for…

The retelling of the first accounts of European contact seemingly always mark the beginning of a “civilized” America while portraying the Native population as having been rescued from a “savage” lifestyle. The lack of formal evidence from the Aboriginal side of the story, in the form of letters and writings, makes it hard to deicer what the truth actually is which leads us to believe that the evidence that does exist, is the truth. In the quest for the big picture, Neil Salisbury, Ramsay Cook…

Chapter 6: The Duel for North America (Pg. 89) What was going on between France, Britain, and Spain between 1688 and 1763? In what ways was America involved? France, Britain, and Spain were involved in world wars competing for territory in America, which also ended up hurting the Native Americans. One of the wars was the Seven Years’ War which set up America's independence. France Finds a Foothold in Canada (Pg. 89) How and why did France begin to colonize Canada? In what ways did New…

South Wales offered 200 pounds for any gold discovered within 200 miles of Melbourne. Six months later they discovered gold in Ballarat and Bendigo Creek. Australia started to experience an influx of immigration from all regions of the world. America, Europe and China; by 1861 370,000 immigrants migrated to Australia with China makes up 3.3 percent of Australia’s population in 1852. During the 1850’s, the state of Victoria alone contributed over one-third of the world’s gold and went from a…

 First Americans came from Asia about 30,000 years ago. These people became the American Indian population of North, Central and South America. American Indian groups were divided into tribes, and sub divided inti clans. They adopted a simple culture and no writing systems were created except for pictographs.  The exception was the Mayan Culture of South America. It flourished for about 900 years excelling in mathematics and astronomy. They developed a calendar and a sophisticated written…

economy. The gold rush caused the building of railways to extract minerals. More recently, extraction of oil has provided the foundation of the Alaskan economy. Alaska is not an unsettled wilderness. In fact, it’s the longest-occupied part of the Americas. The Intuit and Yupik Eskimos and inland Athabaskan cultures have come after the native Alaskans.…

The colonization and exploitation of Native Americans, including the mental health effects that follow are somewhat of an overlooked subject. Not only in American History and throughout modern education, but it’s wrath has spread throughout major aspects of modern Native American reservations. European Colonization affected more than land. Spikes in domestic Abuse, substance abuse, and loss of racial identity has plagues reservations historically. These issues are portrayed in the novel Flight…

Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean region. Cuba is not advanced as it ought to be in 2014. Cuba’s land area is 42,803 square miles, 110,860 square kilometers. Cuba’s main land lies south of Florida in the Caribbean Sea by the Gulf of Mexico. Cuba has a lot of bays, beaches, and harbors. Cuban culture reflects on its Spanish colonial past and African influences. United Sates won the Spanish American War in 1898 the Cuban people were poverty or got rich. As some can see Cuba is not as…

Thinking back in American history, the most notable Native American event is the Trail of Tears. This event, for obvious reasons, is taught in every school and known by every American. Because of the cruel acts during this famous event, it is easy to single this one out and forget about many others. One of the major Native American events that is forgotten is the Ghost Dance of 1890. Like the Trail of Tears, the Ghost Dance effected the lives of the Native Americans; and by the end, a large…