Southwestern United States

their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to a piece of land that was designated as Native Territory. In 1803 the Indian Removal Act was passed leading to the removal of the Creeks, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Seminoles, and Cherokees were relocated off their land. The trek was over 1,000 miles long and thousands of people died while being transported. Before the Indian Removal Act, the tribes were thriving in the southeastern United States. White americans saw American Indians…

Surprisingly, one of the letters sent to his sister, Elvira, appeared in the hometown newspaper, The Fayette Chronicle, September 13, 1898, titled: Jefferson County Colored Soldier. (The Spanish-American War (1898) was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. http://www.history.com/topics/spanish-american-war). When the war was over, he returned to…

Born on March 15th, 1767, Andrew Jackson was never thought to be the leader of The United States, none the less have as much as a presidential legacy as he did. Jackson was born on the North and South Carolina boarder to a poor Irish family who immigrated to the United States (history.com). His life got harder when the Revolutionary War happened, killing his parents and leaving him an orphan. Later on Jackson, with his brother, went on to fight with the American military. While there, he and his…

he says “By opening the whole territory between Tennessee on the North and Louisiana on the South to the settlement of the whites it will incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier and render the adjacent states strong enough to repel future invasions without remote aid”. Jackson is so focused on expanding the United States west that he doesn’t once consider that he’s going to destroy millions of people’s lives and horrifically abuse and torment them. Jackson was an avid supporter of…

Native American history, just like other ancient cultures, is created through historical sources such as journals, art, and stories passed down through the cultures descendants. No matter how many sources there are that describe what the culture was like and how they lived, there will always be gaps in the information. When it comes to Native Americans, before the arrival of Europeans there is very little information about most of the tribes that dotted North America. Once the Europeans…

the Republic should need to rid of slavery then he said let slavery go, in the past Grant was very favorable of abolishes but this would change during and after the war. Veteran and experienced officers like Grant were rare to find at the time, the state of Illinois would allow Grant to lead a regiment once again, its governor gave him the regiment of the 21st Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment, which grant would help discipline (“American President”). Grant would be appointed Brigadier…

the Caribbean and the Southern area of America so they may grow the harvest, mine for silver, gold, and other cherished metals, the Spanish had relocated into North America where they focused their energy on what is now called the Southwestern and Southeastern United States. After moving into the South, Spain had established their military post in St. Augustine but only then a small number of Spaniards had settled there at that time. The Indigenous people had dropped in number over the…

The debate on gun control has become an increasingly routine debate. The Washington Post states that “advocates of tighter restrictions on firearms invariably call for better background checks, banning large ¬capacity magazines and other measures that would make gun deaths less likely. Gun zealots answer that even the most common-sense reforms aren’t relevant because they wouldn’t have prevented the mass shootings that keep horrifying the nation. The forces of “no” keep Congress from acting”.…

The great nation of the United States of America has been shaped by rebellions and revolutions since it was first colonized in the late 17th century. It is the brave men and women who speak up for liberty that keep the American spirit and constitutional freedom alive. Although it was rebellion and a revolution that broke America free from its mother country, they are the principles she was founded upon that spark rebellion and revolution against herself. One such principle is that the…

nineteenth centuries. Valerio-Jimenez discusses the cultural and social changes which occurred in Native, Spanish, and American populations following the Spanish colonization of the southwestern United States. He speaks upon how political and ethnic identities changed due to shifts in territory and power between the United States, Spain, and the Native populations. One of the book’s largest arguments is that the individuals who lived in the Rio Grande region changed their identities to better…