People For the American Way

loss of life and liberty that the native people of the continent experienced due to the fact that Europeans viewed them as inferior and due to their genetic differences. At the same time this was the cause of the increase in wealth and power for the Europeans since this land was not ruled yet…

brutal conquest of the Native Americans. “There are other causes of just wars less clear and less frequent, but not therefore less just or based any less on natural and divine law, and one of them is the conquest by arms, if no other way is possible, of those who by natural condition must obey others and refuse to do so. The greatest philosophers state that this type of war is just according to the laws of nature…” (Sepulveda, 66-70). According to this, the Native Americans are essentially…

spread was smallpox. These kinds of diseases spread so fast, that sometimes Europeans had caught diseases from the Native Americans without even coming in contact with them and vice versa with the Native Americans. You know that saying about trying to find a positive in every negative thing? Well, I look at it this way, with these diseases being spread, I feel like more that people know about them, the better chance there will be that someone can find a cure for it. These diseases ended up…

periods can be a good tool to see how the time period has had an impact on broader American life. To begin, Tamaki’s, World War II: American Dilemmas chapter describes the color lines of America at that time period and how we saw the country from a multicultural perspective. The war made some question Japanese Americans and which side they were on. In addition, the text mentions how many different ethnic groups of people fought to have the opportunity to fight for the country. This text shows…

In the Eastern Woodlands, most Native Americans combined hunting and fishing with farming. These were the ways Native Americans obtained their food. By the 1500s, Native Americans had established a wide array of cultures and languages. Also, they had developed economies and lifestyles to suit their particular environments. Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas was a major turning point in history. It opened up new areas of exploration and provided vast wealth through trade for…

affairs and gain more wealth. Many of the people also came to the New World to practice their own form of religion without being persecuted for it. The first Europeans to explore the New World were the Spanish and they were also the first to settle in what is now the United States. This New World for Europeans was already home for the Native Americans. As the European explorers continues to expand in North America, they brought many changes to Native American tribes. Europeans carried what would…

The Columbian Exchange is a term referring to Christopher Columbus arriving to the New World. His appearance to the New World brought about the agricultural lifestyle and influenced the way people lived. Tobacco, turkeys silver, and potatoes were various products that were exchanged to the Europeans. Earthworms also became noteworthy. Accidentally exchanged by the Europeans, earthworms impacted the agriculture by packing nutrients in the previously worm-free soil. Although there are many…

The Destruction of Native American Culture and Society Native Americans were the first people in the United States. European settlers came and took over the Native Americans land when it was not theirs to begin with. The Native Americans were pushed off their land and moved onto reservations ("Relocation and Acculturation of Native Americans"). Some Native Americans were acculturated and assimilated. This was done by teaching them to be Christians, and to be independent farmers. However,…

Since the assimilation of the native American tribes into white culture, there has been many cultures that have disappeared. Some cultures have been lost forever, but fortunately there has been an awakening and a willingness to preserve certain cultures and languages. One specific example is the Chickasaw culture. One way to reclaim their history and heritage is through the Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma. The cultural center is located on 109 acres of land and includes a museum,…

attempts to reveal the “truth” that has been hidden from American history books. History books that forget the first peoples who had been living on the soil we know today as the United States of America, cheating American Indians of having their history known to the world; a cruel twist of fate that Miranda will not accept, titling her memoir Bad Indians. Miranda constructs meaning in her writing about the experiences of indigenous peoples under colonialism through identifying negative changes…