Northwest Passage

infested blankets given to the Native Americans. Therefore, the word-choice utilized by Mann is interesting in this excerpt, as the actuality of the word “disease” destroyed the lives of many Native Americans during this time period. Later in the passage Mann also discussed the fact that readers would have been able to formulate their own opinions with a quality education, in which he wrote, “No power of persuasion can ever induce whose who have acquired a love of reading them.” Once again, the…

Technically, Thomas Jefferson’s two military liaisons-cum-explorers spent a few months at Fort Clatsop along the route towards the mythical Northwest Passage, where they believed the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans connected, and the two white voyagers knew much about Eastern Native American groups by the early nineteenth century. Nevertheless, the brevity of this stop meant that the two white men did…

acquiring this huge mass of land, Jefferson sent out two explorers named Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. During their expedition, Lewis and Clark were to record different types of plants, animals, and tribes. The main focus was trying to find a northwest passage that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Their expedition was to also to study the American Indians to let them know about the Louisiana Purchase, and to open diplomatic relations in hope to gain the trading rights with…

Sir Walter Raleigh grew up in a farmhouse near the village of East Budleigh in Devon. The youngest of five sons born to Catherine Champernowne in two successive marriages, his father, Walter Raleigh, was his mother’s second husband. Like young Walter, his relatives, Sir Richard Grenville and Sir Humphrey Gilbert were prominent during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. Raised as a devout Protestant, Raleigh’s family faced persecution under Queen Mary I, a Catholic, and as a result, young…

Reservation Blues A common theme in both “If 6 was 9” and Jimi Hendrix Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie, is those perceived to be different are denounced by others around them. This is seen by Coyote Springs, a Spokane band originating from the Northwest. As Coyote Springs struggles to rise into stardom, they face many challenges. Faced with exotification and exploration of their own culture as well as alienation from their own tribe, the band continues to push forth and create music on…

Norway, and Denmark. All of these countries are anxious to claim the rights of the arctic waters mainly because of the rich oils and natural gas reserves that are located there. The geological value of these waters is equally significant as the Northwest Passage allows ships to reach their destination in much faster. The shrinking ice caps have also created new shipping lanes. These important…

In “Founding Brothers,” Joseph J. Ellis analyzes the key highlights of post-revolutionary America. Through a time a revolutionary concepts running at an all time high in the new United States, the key foundation of America, the founding fathers, established the course the country would follow even into the status quo. To fully understand the time period that preceded modern America, Ellis follows the life of America’s framers to see the relationships and conflicts that set the foundation for…

British immigrants compensation for leaving home and moving to Canada. These compensations included free passage, farming tools, food rations and 100 acres of farmland. Wu…

Temperatures in 2015 were higher than have ever been recorded. Carbon Dioxide emissions, fossil fuels burning, and deforestation have caused 2015 to be the hottest year ever recorded. The rise in heat has caused water in third world countries to become scarce and wars to occur. Global warming is a colossal issue that affects the environment, the world, and mankind, and if it is not stopped soon, the results on the Earth could be disastrous. Global Warming has put an enormous “carbon…

Joseph and Elizabeth married in Stoke Prior a tiny village in Worcestershire County located in the West Midlands about 130 miles northwest of London. No records exist of their lives, save for their names mentioned in the obituaries of their children. Record keeping in rural areas was sporadic and soemtimes non-existent. They lived in the midst of the Industrial Revolution during the reign of King George the Third. Under his rule, England lost the American colonies to revolutionaries and waged…