Mayflower

Early America was neither an easy place to live, nor an easy task: making a country out of nothing. A new land presented new opportunity; and with opportunity, came new challenges and surprises. With no manuscript to guide them, the early settlers took pen to pad and wrote what became history. What these writers, or rather Early American authors, wrote is what history of the modern US goes off of. And, in addition to a different terrain the newcomers had faced, the authors displayed differences…

Residences in Belize City are concern with the spike of violence seen escalating recently. Our older population who have lived most if not all there live in this once peaceful jewel often express there observation of how the gangs are turning this city into one of the most violent country in the Central America and the world. “ Belize is officially the sixth most dangerous country in the world with an average of just over 39 homicides per 100,000 residences (Belize 2012 Crime and Safety Report…

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences (max 150 words) When I was five years old, my Dad and I would head to ЦСКА, a local Ukrainian park, and hit tennis balls against the wall. I quickly realized how controlled hitting–to avoid the ball flying over the wall–could be a useful strategy. In Moldova, I trained at a local tennis facility with Olga, a motivated Russian coach who taught me how to win through consistency rather than the…

Comparison of New England and Southern Colonies British New World Colonies were established in different regions of the present day East Coast of North America, but the motives for establishment, social, political, and economic aspects couldn’t have varied more greatly. The different terrains of land and relationships with Britain seemed to set the colonies and their settlers more different than alike, but with their shared economic roots in agriculture, variant importance of religion, and “a…

When one looks back to the 1920s a glimpse of its reality could be related to, The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The vivid colors, cravings for wealth, and extravagant parties all romanticized in the novel. Whatever it is People were looking to celebrate since WWI had just ended in 1918. People at the time wanted to treasure the importance of each and every day and wanted to live life to the fullest. The roaring twenties are remembered as a time of great technological advancements…

Piety, courage, and industry, were the Pilgrims’ most cherished values. They were thought such a necessity because of each values’ strong place in building a stable and prosperous community, as well as keeping a “morally” intact society, the “new Jerusalem.” But “paradise” is not to be gained without challenge and great effort against the “enemy of God” and they came in the form of hardship, privation, and fear. Bradford, Winthrop, Bradstreet, and Edwards wrote of these hardships that they and…

A result of this want was that many people left England to colonize newly discovered countries. A group of these people came to America and founded new colonies. One group of these people, the Pilgrims singed the Mayflower Compact, which stated that all people were to obey "just and equal laws." In 1775 the America revolution began between the colonists in America, and British over unfair taxes and unfair representation. In 1776 the Declaration of Independence was…

The purpose of this paper is to identify my cultural history and how it affects me as well as my master statuses. I will identify where my ancestors are from, my family’s values and traditions, which traditions I chose to pass on or not, how the traditions stand up to traditional versions of the culture, how my worldview has been affected, and where I land in terms of master statuses and privilege. This paper will be used as a tool to explore the diversity in my family and how it will affect me…

culture, and traditions have all impacted the Netherlands to create an impressive lineage of dance. I chose this culture as my topic for this paper because my mothers’ family can be traced back to one of the original groups of immigrants on the Mayflower, and I while I have previous knowledge of my own ancestry, I knew very little about Dutch culture in general. After researching the history, culture and dance information, I have learned an extensive amount of information of Dutch dance and…

Who Really Discovered “The New World?” What if Christopher Columbus wasn’t the first European to visit the North America? What if everything that has been taught about the pilgrims and Indians and the Mayflower is a lie? Who really “discovered” The New World? The answer may lie inscribed in a seemingly ordinary boulder also known as Dighton Rock. From the ancient Phoenicians to the Native Americans, from a Portuguese Scouting ship to the Norse Vikings, there are many speculations about where…