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colony, none have yet been proven true or false. The Roanoke Colony, known today as the Lost Colony, was established in today’s Dare County, North Carolina in the late 16th-century. It was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth to create a permanent English settlement. Nearly four hundred years ago, a baby girl was born on Roanoke Island, off what is now the North Carolina coast. She was the first child of English parents to be born in the New World, named Virginia Dare. Within a year, Virginia Dare,…

Riley Coleman Ms.Kowatnick History 10 March, 2017 Andrew Jackson was born in North or South Carolina on March 15, 1767. His mother took care of him by herself. She later died once Jackson was only 14. After, both brothers in the war and had nobody else but his two uncles to raise him. He received a upright education by private tutors when he was still very young. This was usually a rich commodity but his uncles worked very hard to give him the best he deserves. When he was 15, he went back to…

Chapter 6: The Duel for North America (Pg. 89) What was going on between France, Britain, and Spain between 1688 and 1763? In what ways was America involved? France, Britain, and Spain were involved in world wars competing for territory in America, which also ended up hurting the Native Americans. One of the wars was the Seven Years’ War which set up America's independence. France Finds a Foothold in Canada (Pg. 89) How and why did France begin to colonize Canada? In what ways did New…

The first settlers arrived in Australia 35,000 years ago during the great ice age. The sea levels lowered between Indonesia and New Guinea and created a land bridge that would allow nomadic tribes to cross from Southeast Asia. Like many other humans of that epoch, they were hunters and gatherers and traveled from place to place in search of young creatures. Thousands of years after these drifters arrived; the glaciers thawed and brought up the seas once again, which kept the citizenry of…

Throughout the list of documentaries, the two that best compare to each other in my opinion would be Nanook of the North, and Night and Frog. The reason for this is not because of just the overall themes, but the similar styles used to create each film. Nanook of the North is a silent documentary, which captures the struggles of a man name Nanook and his family in the Canadian artic. Similarly, the film Night and Frog is a short film documentary that captures the struggles, and describes the…

 First Americans came from Asia about 30,000 years ago. These people became the American Indian population of North, Central and South America. American Indian groups were divided into tribes, and sub divided inti clans. They adopted a simple culture and no writing systems were created except for pictographs.  The exception was the Mayan Culture of South America. It flourished for about 900 years excelling in mathematics and astronomy. They developed a calendar and a sophisticated written…

Today, a lot of people call Alaska The Last Frontier. Alaska is referred to as a wilderness that is unsettled, covered in snow, not accessible, remote, and a very intense land where very few tough pioneers traveled to. Hope, a small town on the Kenai Peninsula, gives Alaska a frontier spirit. Hope was the location for the first gold discovery in Alaska in 1896 and gold was the mainstay of the Alaskan economy. The gold rush caused the building of railways to extract minerals. More recently,…

The colonization and exploitation of Native Americans, including the mental health effects that follow are somewhat of an overlooked subject. Not only in American History and throughout modern education, but it’s wrath has spread throughout major aspects of modern Native American reservations. European Colonization affected more than land. Spikes in domestic Abuse, substance abuse, and loss of racial identity has plagues reservations historically. These issues are portrayed in the novel Flight…

The similarities between Sedaris and I are vague. We do strange things and respect our grandmother. In the book, “Naked” Sedaris does strange things like licking the light switch. “There you are with your tongue pressed against that light switch” (7). He also counts different things that he does. “If I were to lose count of my steps, I’d have to return to the school and begin again” (8). He overthinks everything. I compared myself to Sedaris because, I get distracted easily. I think that is…

Cultural Exploration of North Korea Little known about North Korea due to the strict government and life style that they live. In this paper, informative information will be revealed on some of the challenges North Koreans face and living condition that they are exposed to that differ from the American way of life. In a publication by Sonya Yang on The Democratic Republic of Korea, “The Soviets endorsed a group of former guerrilla fighters as national leaders. This included a…