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Christopher Columbus was an adventurous man, he has traveled a lot to prove to people that the earth is not flat. His first journey into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 almost cost him his life. Columbus was determined to find a quick way from Europe to Asia. but sadly he never did. But instead unwittingly came to America. Columbus argued that the earth was much smaller than what he had believed it was; he thought it would be easier to find a direct water passed to travel quicker from different…

Welcome to Shelbyville is a documentary illustrating the story of a town called Shelbyville, located in Tennessee. The setting of the documentary is during the 2008 presidential election. This documentary highlighted the reaction to that election from variety of different groups: African American, Anglo-American, Hispanics, and Somali refugees. Furthermore, the documentary showcased the reaction of the community in Shelbyville to the incoming Somalian refugees. America is constantly changing,…

As Europeans went through the rise of the Ottoman Empire they had to find new ways to gain wealth and power. As the Ottomans Empire grew Europeans wanted to spread their culture as well. All these cause started the age of exploration of Europeans sailing out to the sea to find out new trading routes, building trading posts along there way expanding their territory, converting people into their culture , it gained back wealth and power to compete with the ottoman Empire. Also influencing the…

granted a large estate as well as some native slaves. Cortez first served as a soldier in an expedition of Cuba led by Diego Velázquez in 1511, but he ignored those orders and traveled to Mexico with about 500 men and 11 ships in 1519. He explored for Spain and found the Aztecs. He wanted to…

in Jerez De Los Caballeros, Spain. He was a Spainard explorer and a conquistador. He was born into a noble but also born in a poor family. A generous patron funded his education to go to the Unniversity of Salamanco. His family wanted him to become a lawyer but he wanted to explore. De Soto proved his worth of exploration on his first expedition in 1514. It was an expedition to the west Indies. De Soto became a very wealthy man when when he had returned to Spain. De Soto went on…

American Indians were so diverse and 1491 because they had such diversity between the tribes their housing style had very between each tried. Many tribes had different languages which kept them isolated from each other four instance the Navajo people of the Southwest and the Cherokees of the Southwest were totally different. With such diverseness between tribes there were many tribes there were over 200 North American tribes that spoke over 200 different languages. Also had different cultures…

Immigrants came to the United States of America for many different reasons. They wanted to come here to make more money. Upon their arrival, the immigrants were interrogated and had long medical checks at Ellis Island. Even after they moved to America, they still face many challenges that made it difficult to live in this country. One reason that immigrants came to America was to have better jobs and make more money. “A worker in Greece made about five dollars a day, when a worker’s pay in…

For starters, I felt that this entire situation was somewhat ironic. Fleeing war, fearing for their life and dreaming of a better life far from the poverty and upheaval of their unstable nations, hundreds of thousands are flocking to Europe's shores (Smith-Spark, 2015). This statement immediately reminded me of why people immigrate to America, everyone is sold on the American dream and want to come here to better themselves. And the reason people are fleeing to the country is not just for…

The issues that the United States is currently facing was not the same as it was in the nineteen century. Illegal immigrants have been coming to this country from hundreds of years dated back as far as the sixteen hundreds. My parents being immigrants from the Dominican Republic entered this country 1965 and were residing in Manhattan, New York City for over twelve years and then moving to Boston Massachusetts in 1976. I know that my parents became United States citizen almost 20 years later due…

Ellis Island was a destination and a dream for many immigrants who wanted to start a new life. But for some Ellis island was a bad place because they had had heard stories about people being deported because of their bad manifests or documents about their history that where bad, for example like being a thief. But what had concerned most people was and the long, hard enduring journey that they had to face. “Ellis island was where all the immigrants went to find a new life” (Sandler, 7-8)…