Habsburg Spain

My rite of passage occurred when I was thirteen years old as I was forced to leave my childhood behind and become an adult. In my Mexican culture a quinceañera marks the transition from childhood to womanhood; however I fast-forward the preparation for my coming of age ceremony. I clearly remember my rite of passage ceremony: It was the day that my parents returned to Durango, Mexico and I stayed behind to permanently live with one of my older siblings. A few months before my rite of passage my…

The right to pursue your dreams as we 'll as your families is very important and we all deserve the opportunity to succeed like others. The obstacle undocumented families face is not having the benefits US residents have. Benefits such as being able to work legally, coming to the US to obtain a better lifestyle , and racial profiling. It does not make sense because Americans are referred as “ the people “ well are immigrants not people too ?? Working in the US legally not only for…

largely similar views on intermarrying with the native tribes. In the Spanish colonies, colonists started to form relationships with the indigenous people. With the almost completely male population of conquistadors being sent to the Americas from Spain, the conquerors began to marry and have children with the indigenous women. These children, with one Spanish parent and one native parent, were called Mestizos. The child would be considered white if the father was Spanish, but if the father…

Before this course, I was familiar with the immigrant stories of Mexicans, families and students. After this class, I was able to learn about other stories of immigrants coming from Latin America, and Russia. Society already defines immigrants to be only Latino’s or people from Mexico but in reality, there are millions of immigrants who have ben in the United States and who are coming now from Russia, Korea, Canada, Syria etc. Just like the immigrants from Latin American many of them are…

The topic of immigration has become a common talk in our everyday lives. A variety of forces seems to be pushing people towards taking the option of moving to a foreign country rather than staying home. Several studies have implicated economic hardship as the primary motivator of immigration. The logic behind such a statement is that economic status of a particular country tends to impart all the other domains of life, i.e. social and political. Most emigrants often have the aspirations of…

In her essay “Enrique’s Journey,” Sonia Nazario pinpoints that immigration has effected the United States drastically. She quotes “The single mothers who are coming to this country, and the children who follow them, are changing the face of the United States.” This quote establishes a meaning for the creation of her award winning novel. In order to have everyone aware of the issue she decides to put a face to her investigative journalism, so, which is how she chose to follow every immigrants…

their cultures, but they have always left me craving more. I have made the decision to study abroad in Spain because it gives me a way to expand my knowledge of cultures…

Being an immigrant to the new world was never a simple task. Adversity, opportunity, and adaptability lurked around every corner as these foreign families sought a new and better life. Struggling with standing out as a “new immigrant”, overcoming poor work conditions, pay, and unstable jobs, and seeking out new opportunities while adapting to necessary survival strategies are some of the many trials a new immigrant would face while coming to a new land. Having lived through it all, Kracha and…

political goals were to take over the county and report back to the European Empire all of the riches that was present in the land. Cortez saw the territorial to be a great opportunity for potential capitalism and growth not only for Spain, but for himself. (Elliott p.3).…

Currently, In America there are a lot of problems with immigration into the country. SOme people believe that immigrants help improve the economy, better society, or it’s a better home for people who don’t have a safe country. However, there are many people with beliefs that their has to be a wall to stop immigration and that immigrants are lazy people who do nothing for America. In the articles, “2 trillion reasons why immigrants make America great” and “We Need Immigrants with Skills. But…