Pequot

In fact, the first type of assistance recorded happened in 1636 when the Pilgrims were at war with the Pequot Indians . During this time the Pilgrims enacted a law that provided money to those who had been disabled during the colony’s defense against the Indians. Soon after the Pilgrims created the law many other colonies decided to follow suit . This kind…

The introduction to Gillion’s novel the 10 days that unexpectedly changed America strays away from well-known dates and explores the other parts of history from constitutional to cultural and answering so very important and intriguing topics open for discussion along the way in just 10 overlooked events in American history. Also telling us Puritans play a major part as “the original sources”. The epilogue, shows us that there are many surprising and unknown things in America’s history that…

citizen will fail to not only recognize but to also appreciate the true extent to which former and current service members incessantly choose to dedicate their own as well as their family’s entire way of life for the continued protection of the nation in which they share a home. Furthermore, Americans continually fail to realize the immense importance in which both these truths hold as well as the potential consequences they may possess. The United States first presidential leader and perhaps…

sins” (Las Casas). The Spanish demonstrated their reforming the natives once again by suppressing the Pueblo people of their religion in exchange for Roman Catholic missions. In addition, the Puritans attempted to compensate for their killing of the Pequot tribe by converting the surviving…

smallpox to North America in the 1600s. In 1633-1634, the disease swept through the Northeast, wiping out entire Native American tribes. Native populations in New England are thought to have plummeted by over 70 percent due to this outbreak (Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, 2012). Smallpox is spread when a person breathes it in and out. The virus gets inside the cells lining the throat and gets in the way of the regular cellular activities, to make millions more smallpox viruses.…

The Veteran’s Administration needed examination in order to understand the reasoning for the veteran’s medical benefits and housing grant programs. Evaluating to determine what policies influence the military to implement these two resources. The United States military has existed for decades, therefore, there has been many battles where soldiers have been wounded and lost. Somewhere along the military’s journey to independence, the government considered the demand for services to aid military…

The Colombian exchange was a biological transformation through the movement of disease and people between Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This transfer first occurred with Christopher Columbus 's sailors, and over time, the Americas transformed from European imports of domesticated animals, and Eurasian grain. Mercantilism shaped this exchange because economic markets in Europe, Africa, and the Americas had more exports than imports in order to achieve more economic success, resulting in…

Indigenous veterans essay Jacob Sharp Mi'kmaq class Mrs. Ridler Indigenous veterans were and are very important to the war effort and have contributed a lot in each war. They partook in wars ranging from “Pequot war in 1637 to the Korean war in 1950”(Wars of the indigenous peoples of North America. 2018). Their most helpful contributions were in the war of 1812 and World War one and two which helped shape the world we live in today, this was very helpful because it added much…

Throughout history, Native American people have used art as a form of self-expression. These artworks have taken the forms of dance, paintings, sculpture, fashion, etc. From the pre-contact period to the post-contact period, Native American art has always been evolving. With different methods comes new and different artwork. These different types of artworks can be seen throughout ancient, modern, and contemporary time periods. In this paper, I will discuss the photograph, The Last Thanks,…

Apess is a unique story of a Pequot Native American who, instead of finding an inherited spirituality from his biological ancestors, found the Methodist church to be his calling. This man was born into a world that mistreated him, abused him, and tried to deny him his humanity. Through these struggles and hardships, he found his spiritual side. Although it took years of searching, he wound up at a Methodist Church after several trials and tribulations. He was at one point an indentured servant,…