Feeding America

The author Samson Occom was the first Native American author to publish his works in English. Today, He is considered the father of modern Native American literature. Occom wrote the first Indian autobiography and made it a genre. His hymns and sermons were influenced by his religious life. Also, Occom wrote his works due to Christianity, betrayal, and inequality. Samson Occom was born in 1723 at Mohegan near New London, Connecticut. He has little communication with the colonists for fifteen…

Q6: I think the one thing that was mainly different about the South American Revolution and the Mexican Revolution was that in the South American Revolution, the peninsulares and the Creoles were the leaders in the army for South America. In the Spanish Revolution, the lower class people were the leaders in the armies. In the Spanish government they had different social classes. At the top of the Spanish-American government and Society where the peninsulares who are people that had been…

From the time period of 1450 to 1800, both Russia and the Spanish had been striving to expand their empires to gain a better role in the global economy. For Russia, this expansion was limited to the Eurasian landmass while the Spanish looked to the Atlantic and set up colonies in the New World. Both of these empires broke free from their foreign rulers. Despite different branches of Christianity, within both of these empires' religions played key roles in terms of expansion. The Russians wanted…

Kyler Harlow, Seth Kramer, Nichole Smith Dr. Nicholson Honors English 10, Period 1 23 February 2017 Latin America Paper An identity is a major aspect of what makes a person their own person, unfortunately, an identity is something that Americans lack. A lack of identity within the American people resulted in a lack of identity within Latin Americans as well. Latin America was colonized by Europe in the 1500’s which cause a multicultural and foreign culture to be forced upon its inhabitants. This…

In the year of 800 A.D the Vikings attacked Paris and the only way to make them stop was the price of 5,670 lbs of silver and gold. The viking that led the sack of Paris was a Norse chieftain named Reginherus. This event happened years ago but is still relevant to today because the Vikings failed to capture the city, which made them attack three times instead of a hit and run or a battle. Most of the reason the Vikings kept attacking Paris, was that Paris bribed the Vikings every time they…

As we know, after the exploration of Hispaniola in 1492, Spaniards began to colonize the island immediately. They enslaved the native population – Taino Indians and launched different campaigns like “Factoria” system - initiated by Columbus, “Ecomienda” system – initiated by Spanish crown, and “Repartamiento” system – initiated by the Spanish crown as well. Repartamiento of 1514 was the cause of social and economic mismanagement of the colony Hispaniola. It was the system which caused the great…

The Spanish had one reason for establishing a presence within the Americas and that is gold. However, gold was not easily attained throughout the Americas. The first attempt to obtain gold was through a relationship with the Taíno people called encomienda. The encomienda was not a good relationship by any means for the Taíno but more of a subservient one. As the epidemic disease hit the indigenous people it helped keep them from establishing a strong rebellion due to their lack thereof numbers.…

the newfound independence of many Latin American states, the turmoil continued even after the independence revolutions in many states. A major contributing factor to the continued commotion was the debilitating economic stagnation throughout Latin America. Although some nations including Brazil, Chile, and Argentina underwent economic advances following the independence revolutions largely due to their favorable natural resources and geographic position, most other Latin American nations failed…

What makes Latin America special? Of its thirty-three nations, it is by far one of the most diverse areas in the entire world, but it has been limited due to social inequality from “superior” nations. After Latin America was conquered and colonized over five-hundred years ago the people, even today, are still oppressed and taken advantage of. After viewing the films “Sleep Dealer” and “Kill the Messenger” it is clear that the past of Latin Americas struggles have shaped its future with other…

Brazil Broad Country Overview Introduction Brazil is geographically the largest country in South Africa. The Amazon River runs through the Northeastern part of Brazil, which permits the Amazon Rainforest to cover one-third of the country. Brazil adopted their current constitution in 1988, which lead to the elimination of monarchy in Brazil and lead to separate state powers. The constitution also introduced environmental protection and reinforced the powers of the legislature. Brazil’s…