The Emigrants

of African slaves, indolent dark-skinned Spaniards, profane and dust-laden bullwhackers going to and from Santa Fe with their immense wagons, and emigrant families bound for the Pacific, all cheerful and intent on their embarkation…

situations are true for most of emigrants in Mexico because they travel without a peso (money) in their pockets and others are undocumented, so they have to stay in a low profile. In my opinion, the main the criteria that the book cover is connection. Furthermore, this book connects you to a reality: the separation of families by a border, how emigrants become a family even without knowing each other before they start the trip to the US, the real risks that emigrants faced in the desert and the…

were too young to recall what had happened. Due to this, the true details of the massacre have been changed or lost over the span of time. Before the attack a letter was sent to the church leader, Brigham Young, to ask permission to remove the emigrants from the Mormon territory. However, the Mormons did not wait for a reply and began their attack on September 9, 1857. Many Mormons during the time held strong to the fact that the peaceful Indian tribe, the Paiutes, took part in the…

from outside a window at them. She feels like the American culture does not accept others, and you must assimilate into their culture in order to be a part of their society. Kingston's village in America, which is a Chinatown built by Chinese emigrants, is a sense of homeliness for Kingston because she feels the culture in the village, although not assimilated with the rest of the country,…

and early twentieth centuries, 1.3 million swedes emigrated to the united states. Iit was mixed with women and men who was young and healthy, they emigrated due to the economic and social circumstances in sweden and moving provided the swedish emigrants with economic opportunity that they didn't have in the homeland. They started emigrate in the first half of the 19th centuries through sailing ships and it could take about 1,5-2 months., Tthe boats came from göteborg. The emigration started…

known as the emigrants wash tub. Lots of people that are traveling along the Oregon trail like me come here to wash clothes, water stock and take baths. They also have some nice places to stay so we are going to stay in town for a little while. The town only has a handful of people living in it so it won’t be too hard to find a place to stay. Mama said she spotted an inn for travelers that we can stay at. The people here seem to be used to travelers coming here to stay. The emigrants wash tub is…

The 16th century was most commonly known as the Age of Mercantilism. The Age of Mercantilism pushed Europe to take control of as many colonies possible. That is the main reason why the English headed to America. The Thirteen Colonies were the first English settlements in America. The colonies were made to be business ventures. They also had another benefit, which was that they provided an outlet for England’s surplus population. The colonies also provided more religious freedom than England had…

carcasses were often in close proximity to available water supplies. As a result, cholera, spread by contaminated water, was responsible for the most deaths overall on the Oregon Trail, although diphtheria was the single biggest killer of children. Many emigrants, exhausted and suffering from poor nutrition, fell prey to typhoid, “mountain fever” (believed to be a tick fever that causes flu like symptoms), dysentery, mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, food poisoning, scurvy (from the lack…

Defection is the desertion of one's country or cause in favor of an opposing one, but it can come in many different ways. Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America writes a novel about America’s first emigrants who defected from Europe and successful created New England townships to display their ideas of defection. In “Two Young Men Who Went West”, Tom Wolfe shares a success story of a young man who also also found success through defection. In both these works, defection builds the pathway…

Mindsets are the way a person thinks. The way a person decides what is wrong, what is right, and what choices will take them to the correct places in life, has everything to do with the type of mindset someone has. The trials that are a part of life are easier to those who have the appropriate mindset to be decisive. Although the motivation to decide can be difficult to find, decisiveness is needed to persevere. In the article, “The Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony With Your Brain”,…