Shoemaking

Throughout history, it is a known fact that Native Americans were the first inhabitants of this land we call, America. Since, 1492 when Christopher Columbus who said, that the Americas were the lands of the Indies, called them Indians instead. The Native Americans were seen as “children”, savages, etc by the “white men” (British, French,etc). From the late 16th to the late 19th century, the population of Native Americans decreased from several causes such as: Being exposed to new diseases from…

Like the women, the blacks also had a hard time fitting in with the whites in schools and needed to overcome obstacles in order to expand. One of the most influential people in black education was Booker T. Washington. Washington would teach himself the alphabet even though it was strictly frowned upon that a black person got an education. He would spend his nights studying with a teacher from a local black school. In 1870, he started to do housework for an owner of a coal mine. The owner’s wife…

According to late President Lyndon B. Johnson, “The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.” In other words, immigrants have been and will continue to be a vital aspect of American society, helping the nation thrive as an economic powerhouse, a technological innovator, and a cultural melting pot. Especially in a city as ethnically and culturally diverse as New York City, immigrants remain at the heart of…

The United States of America had to face many trials in its young history in its pursuit of becoming an independent nation. Now that the fight for independence was over, it was time to establish a nation of free people. While Jefferson had the idea of the Agrarian Republic for the people of the United States another path came to light. The United States became a nation focused on trade, and marketing in its early years after the War of 1812. It was becoming a more capitalistic state as many…

the use of thread and needle. Previously, sewing was carried out by hand but it was in the 19th century that sewing machines were invented resulting n the production of sewn objects such as household linens, clothing, upholstery, bookbinding and shoemaking. There are different varieties of sewing machine available in the recent times among which the industrial sewing machine deserves a special mention. Prior to knowing what an industrial sewing machine is, you must know that industrial sewing…

The economy and culture of the English colonies were both shaped by labor as it was a large part of their lives and something that was extremely important to the colonists. Although labor was necessary all throughout the colonies, the type of labor conducted was different depending on the regions. The different regions were the New England and the Southern colonies. Both the New England and Southern colonies relied on growing to survive, but their main exports differed with New England focused…

Suffering is a main trigger that results in anger .In A tale of two cities , suffering is the dominant atmosphere of the novel , and it is necessary to create the atmosphere of anger that leads to the revolution . Dickens uses fiction not to narrate events and actions but to attract the reader’s attention towards serious issues that resulted by false attitudes and feelings. Poverty and class struggle show the ultimate level of suffering in France at that time, the French aristocrats…