Native Hawaiian

During 1838 and 1839 the Trail of Tears was one of the most devastating events in American history. The Trail of Tears was a forced movement of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole tribes to the west of the Mississippi river. The Indian Removal Act and the Treaty of New Echota are the major causes of the Trail of Tears, which resulted a major decrease in the Indian population due to the massive amount of deaths. The Indian Removal Act was passed by President Andrew…

and the colonists often had conflict with the Native Americans, forcing some colonies to fail. After colonies began to almost be successful, for example Jamestown and Plymouth, more Europeans wanted to come to the new world for a variety of reasons, like religious freedom. The Quakers were a part of this group, settling in Pennsylvania under William Penn. The passage shows how the early Pennsylvania settlers were able to cooperate with the Native Americans and already present Swedes, build a…

Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny was the idea back in the day that the US was destined to spread coast to coast. During history there is also been times where we expanded for different reasons. Although expansion during Manifest Destiny was for the virtue of the American people, their mission to spread their institution, and the Destiny under God, expansion after Manifest Destiny was for trade, natural resources, religion, and national defense. One reason that we expanded during Manifest…

The Puritans arrived in New England to establish a settlement in 1620. By the late 1700s, New England was a part of America, a former colony across the Atlantic that recently acquired freedom from England. As the colony grew into Indian lands, so did the number of disputes with them, which contributed to the French and Indian War that ended salutary neglect and monitored mercantilism which encouraged Enlightenment ideas that strengthened the divide with Britain. Puritanism remained the same, but…

My understanding of freedom has changed and deepened since the first days’ classes when taking notes on my individual freedom and societal freedom. Historical changes over time and specific events and developments such as the Colonial and Native American early period have fought, articulated, and transformed the freedom many have come to take as granted. Close to the start when Christopher Columbus "discovered" America in 1776, in reality his exploration lead to the conquest and colonization to…

Micah J. Hough’s Journal #2 Chapters; 9-15 Entry 1; War of 1812 The War of 1812 was the first time the United States declared war one anyone, one the reasons that led to the cause of the War of 1812 was the British impressment of American sailors, were they would be kidnapped and force into servitude, this disrupted shipping of goods and it violated American sovereignty. But from the British Impressment Policy, not only did it disrupted the American shipping to France (which both countries…

Through his book Guns Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond has masterfully woven together the historical developments across many cultures and different time periods. In doing so, he illustrates the historical themes that have been consistently relevant in human history. The main themes are interactions between humans and nature, development of cultures, state-building/expansion, and the evolution of economic systems and social structures. Throughout Guns Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond constantly…

the right to expand into Native Territory without any consequences. The purpose of this paper is to show that this new belief caused the annexation and near extermination of the Native Americans in the United States. The idea of Manifest Destiny first came up in the United States around the 1840s. When this new idea first arose many did not agree with it. “Not everyone believed that the United States had a manifest…

wanting to convert the Indians, it was not their main priority, which was essentially profiting off of fur trade and fishes. The Jesuit priest stated that in order to convert the Indians, the explorers had to be on good terms with them and have the natives welcome them, which was not what the Spanish did. The Spanish wanted land and slaves, so they were more aggressive and hostile towards the Indians. Columbus was not patient enough to understand the Indians, but took assumptions that they were…

for his help. Hummingbird, who is innocent, kind, and helpful, is meant to represent the Native Americans in the tale because he is the opposite of Buzzard. Caterpillar represents metamorphosis because caterpillars are known for changing into moths or butterflies. They, here could be representing the change from Native American culture to European culture, or in a more optimistic light, the change from Native Americans and Europeans hating each other to a hopeful vision of the future where the…