Captain America

My mother tells me that dreams are crossroads, not belonging to the mortal or spirit world. In dreams, the deceased can communicate with the living, tie up loose ends. The lost souls would be able to apologize for anything done wrong, be able to say “I love you” one last time, and even tell them where a certain large stack of money is hidden. The possibilities are infinite in Crossroad. Once anything that made the spirit feel fragmented arose, they were condemned to wander Crossroad in search of…

As colonization in the New World broke out, many Spanish and English settlers wanted in. These explorers both had the intention of exploring and expanding their colonies, but with different reason. From different viewpoints, you can clearly see differences with the economic structures, government, and religion motivation that these colonies have. With the English explorers and settlers, they were looking forward to settling throughout the east coast with the Parliament to allow local governments…

1) England’s Imperial Strings a) In 1600, North America was still not explored, but contained some Europeans already i) 1610 – Spanish initiated Santa Fe ii) 1608 – French initiated Quebec iii) 1607 – English initiated Jamestown, Virginia b) English to competes with the Spanish Empire i) In 1530s, King Henry VII conflict with Roman Catholic Church led to religious disputes, causing the English Protestant Reformation ii) Power was unbalanced until Protestant Elizabeth took power and…

Henry Hudson was a great English explorer, he was born in 1570 and died in 1611. We do not know much about his early life. From his first voyage as captain of a ship in 1607, we began to know Henry Hudson. Given his talent for navigation, it is assumed that he probably worked on other ships before being appointed commander of a single ship. We also know he was married to a woman named Katherine and he had three sons with her called Richard, Olivier and John. His character remains elusive but…

Arguably one of the most impactful events that ever occurred in world history was the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus. We all know of the hundreds of Spaniards under the command of Cortez and Pizarro that ousted the Aztec and Inca empires. We also know of the horrid details of how the Europeans gained control of the new world and the other parts of the Americas. But in a smaller scope there are several facts and myths associated with the formation of the new world. In the book…

When looking back to early America, a few common themes surface. Some may think of agriculture, because it dominated American society, while others may think of religion, which also influenced a large portion of settlers’ lives. However, through the works of John Smith and Sarah Kemble Knight a new, self-centered side of American society surfaces. In “The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles,” Smith describes the people he encounters on his trip coming to, and…

desired new and unclaimed land for the natural resource and precious metals. Although England had no real desire to expand its empire into the new world till Spain and France threated English colonizes by expanding their claim to land in the Central America and what is now Canada. Private English companies like the Virginia Company where given the opportunity to harvest the resources for private gain, so long as the goods benefited England. Religious groups in England and Europe who grow tired…

The important forces that motivated for missionary movement were: first, Captain Cook’s Voyages that appeared in 1770s gave a picture of sea route map of the world; and second, William Carey’s An Inquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens, published in 1792. As a result, in 1792…

North and South America were unknown to Europeans in the year 1491, yet in 1550 Spain, an empire less than a hundred years old, was in control of majority of the two continents (Walbert, 2007). The theme of conquest is prominent in the making of the Hispanic world. Much of its history is focussed on the conquest of other lands, as shown by the financing of Columbus’ first and later voyages by the Catholic monarchs. However, it is also shown in Columbus’ letter to the Monarchs in 1493 that…

visits the Moluccas. The fleet of the second voyage (1604) return to Sumatra and Bantam and visit the Banda islands and Amboyna, where merchants tried but failed to obtain trading rights. The third voyage (1606) marked the first contact with India. Captain Hawkins in the ship Hector reached Surat in 1607 and proceeded to Agra in an effort to secure trading privileges. While returning, they visit to Sumatra, Bantam and the Moluccas. During the fourth voyage (1608), the ships Ascension return to…