Indies

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…

born on January 11, 1755, Alexander Hamilton was destined for greatness, though it would be a long and tough journey. Hamilton was born on an island called Nevis, in the West Indies, but he spent most of his early life in Christiansted, the main city of St. Croix. St. Croix was one of the wealthiest islands in the West Indies, probably because it played an important role in the triangular trade route, exchanging slaves, rum, and sugar. Most of St. Croix was taken up by plantations, growing…

Who was Christopher Columbus? Was he really the great man many children 's books say he was? Was the the explorer who discovered America? Or was he a successful criminal who pillaged and raped the so called ‘inferior’ native Americans? Lots of evidence provided by historians and writers points to both sides of the argument. Some say that Columbus was a villain who claimed land that was already owned and occupied by millions of native American tribes who he called Indians (due to the fact that he…

620070481 University of the West Indies Psychometrics Psyc2007 According to Irpate (2013) he quotes from Ivancevich and Donnelly (1968) that “Job satisfaction is the favourable viewpoint of the worker toward the work role, he present by occupies.” Irpate (2013) also quotes a few other definitions of job satisfaction such as, Job satisfaction is simply how people feel about their jobs and different aspects of job (Spector, 1997). It is an attitudinal (and affective) response to one’s job…

Egyptian, infiltrated the map room and placed the Staff of Ra, revealing the site of the Ark. Jones and Sallah dug up the Ark but were confronted by Toht and his men, and were forced to give up the Ark. Lastly, Marion was thrown into the chamber with Indy and trapped inside. Jones discovered a tunnel that lead out of the chamber , and the two were freed . Return The Nazi’s were preparing to load the stolen Ark onto a plane , and deliver it to Hitler in Berlin. Just as all hope seems lost ,…

In the twenty-three years between 1789 and 1812, the United States was drastically shaped both politically and socially. The Constitution had just been ratified but left many gaps that the new government needed to fill. The Bill of Rights was added, the role of the President was further established and the powers of the judiciary branch as well as legislative branch were explored. During this era, the United States had four presidents, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James…

Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies on the island Nevis. During his lifetime, Hamilton said he was born in 1757, but recently found legal records suggest that the year of his birth was actually 1755. 1755 has been used has his actual birth year for now a few decades. Hamilton may have misconstrued his birth year in order to be a more favorable college applicant to King’s College, now called Columbia College. Hamilton was born to James Hamilton, a businessman from Scotland, and Rachel…

colonized the West Indies and North America. The British, and French developed a merchant-based investment in the growing and manufacturing of sugar. They saw potential and great profit in growing export-oriented crops. They worked at making sugar the island’s central trade, and varied the island’s income streams by growing tobacco, cotton and indigo. A large labor force was required for the growing and manufacturing of sugar. White indentured servants were the first to come to the West Indies,…

The excerpt from "Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia," section 2.2, by William Simmonds, demonstrated the down-side of Virginia, an early colony. While in section 2.5, an excerpt from "The Narragansett Act of Submission to Charles I," showed the fear and discomfort the Indians had towards their enemies. This excerpt was somewhat the same, but also different to section 2.2. The first reading, 2.2, was quite challenging and irritating. This part of the excerpt was obvious due to the…

occurrence for a certain amount of people, who back then and still today had the name of or were known as slaves. Before John Hawkins, decided to enter the piratical traffic because of how much the wealthy and middle class wanted slaves in the West Indies. In the 1562 wealthy men were called gentlemen who contributed their money for the enterprise. With that money it was possible for Mr. Hawkins to sail to the coast of Guinea, were he gathered negroes who were turned into slaves later on and…