Northwest Passage

He was the first explorer to fully circumnavigate the globe. He has a bay and passage named after him because he had discovered them. He did start the Spanish war, but that was only because he had avenged his dead shipmates who were killed while Spanish were raiding their ship. In truth, without him, we would have never known that…

Exploring Transportation in America How people move from one place to another has changed juristically since the beginning of Unites Stated history and still continues to change today in America. From land travel to travel by water, the method used by the American people seems to be ever changing. With the limited variety of ways to commute, people haven’t always had many options to choose from with how they got from place to place. Transportation has helped to shape America into the great…

capital of the Canadas in 1857, his reason being that Ottawa had a more defensible military than Kingston, Toronto, Montreal or Quebec. And being on the border of two provinces of the union as well as being on the route for the planned railway to the northwest that would make Montreal an entrepôt of the continental trading system. For the years that lead up to confederation Cartier, along with a large block of his supporters from Canada east had raided to ally with MacDonalds’s cohort…

shores, for more than two centuries. Since it grew powerful enough to influence the present international boundaries and history of Western North America; the Hudson Strait became the entrance for all ships engaged in the historic search for the Northwest Passage. The Hudson Bay isn’t the only landmark named after Henry Hudson, many other features and landmarks are named after him; including the Hudson River, the Henry Hudson Parkway, the Henry Hudson Bridge, and etc. Henry Hudson and his crew…

The Second Coming It is well known that America has deep connection to slavery and racism in its dark history. With the passage of time, we assume that this darkness has passed and that the people of America has embraced all ethnicities and cultures. However, during this election year, the hate has begun to resurface worse than ever before. In Audre Lorde’s essay, “The Fourth of July”, Lorde describes the racism she experienced during her childhood, around the forties. During her time,…

Then they later arrive in the peaceful sea which known as the Pacific Ocean. Also, the men discover that the sky is different. On December 28, 1520, Ferdinand made another error. The fleet turn Northwest in Pacific. Magellan believes that only three days left until he reached the spice island. From this, Ferdinand Magellan used 2nd century scholar by Ptolemy. Magellan learned the hard way. Ptolemy was out by over 11,000km. Among the oceans Pacific…

The Colonies were the start of the Americas. The Colonists actions decided the fate of their settlement. Whatever they did, how they treated the Native americans, how they developed their economy and government determined the outcome of their settlement. There are different management styles that helped the colonies prosper, or caused them to fail. They’re government, economy, population push and pull factors, religious tolerance and labor needed to be managed properly in order for success.…

average score on information text from reading passages in the content area of history are 82%. and science 67%. Brandon's English teacher notes that Brandon sits in the front of the classroom and can be easily distracted by people around him; however, is also easily redirected. She also states that Brandon will attend extra help sessions during lunch and IE. Brandon uses extended time to complete reading assignments and assessments. MAP Testing (Northwest Evaluation Association): A…

made illegal. Aldo Leopold and Rick Bass wrote books in which they discuss these topics. Both authors have strong opinions on hunting and how it affects the world. At the beginning of both passages, the authors describe how their…

Smith was a council member of the Virginia Company. On his fourth trip upriver looking for the Northwest Passage or Powhatan’s headquarters, he was captured. Townsend explains how some of the myths about Pocahontas such as her throwing herself over Smith to save him come from Smith’s writings which he didn’t write until 1624 when no one was left to tell…