Virgin America

long awaited paradise of America, I anticipated following the gold rush and providing for my family back in China. I hoped to find a better life in America. I ending up at the distant land of Angel Island or so I have been told of various other immigrants. As I arrived I was excited to advance from this point and adventure into the land called America, but I was told that I would not be allowed to enter. Due to the Chinese exclusion laws I am told that I cannot enter America. I am detained to…

The Early Modern Period (1450- 1750 C.E.) brought upon the global stage many things. Increased international trade, expeditions, and colonization defined this section of history. New developments were occurring in many places, influencing future order and economic promise, even today. To start, European power grew immensely at this time. Western Europe continued to flourish, producing a series of explorers that would greatly affect both people’s scope of the world and set a new precedent for…

” A quote from a letter written by Hernando de Soto (Letter to Justice and Board of Magistrates in Santiago de Cuba, 3). God guided his entire life. Much progress in America’s history was made during de Soto’s early life, conquests in Central America, and expeditions in the New World. Not much information is known about Hernando de Soto’s early childhood, but there is an abundance of knowledge on his teenage and young-adult years. He was born in approximately 1500 in Jerez de los Caballeros…

For anyone residing, living in, or planning to travel to Central America in general and Mexico’s Maya area in particular, John Lloyd’s book Incidents of Travel in Yucatan is the ideal book since it does a good job of groundbreaking the region for the reader and the traveler alike. In spite of the passion and keenness with which the book is narrated and illustrated, it still manages to achieve the objective of delivering the uncontaminated message about the Central American discovery in a…

The fifteenth century was a critical tuning point for Europe and the rest of the world. It brought about the Age of Exploration, which transitioned Europe from the Middle Ages to the early modern world. There were many important factors that led Europeans to be able to broaden their horizons, so to speak, and explore new and uncharted territory. Major advances in technology, booming economy and commerce, the many deaths caused by the bubonic plague, and curiosity and the thirst for fame and…

described through four different encounters. William Bradford, Cotton Mather, Mary Rowlandson, and Jonathan Edwards encounter in America all different from one another. The New world was a place where the religion of the pilgrims could be practiced freely and the way it was meant supposed to be practiced. England was a fully developed country that was left for America who was no where as developed as the land they left. In “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford, the American myth was…

The differences and similarities between the Indian Ocean trading Network and the Silk Road Where, the Silk Road mainly traded luxury goods for elite Class, mirrors, gunpowder, paper, animals/saddles, and food.Text Gabe and impact on civilizations by giving better protection, different economic systems, better trade animals and carts, overall giving a better setup for trading and civilizations. the Indian Ocean traded bulky loads of Goods and mostly herbal products. the sea roads traded…

INTRODUCTION Haiti is a nation where the people are resilient, prayers are consistent and work hard with perseverance. Born in Haiti but, raised in Florida, I found myself doing research on the country that has formed a place in my heart. After doing much research at the library and even online, I found that Haiti is a country known as the "Mountainous Land” (Girault). It is usually remembered for its poverty and its recent earthquake back in January 2010 where thousands of people were killed…

Golden Age of Piracy Benjamin Hornigold was one of the 18th-century pirates, along with his many projects he started ( History of Humanity). He was a famous pirate possibly out of the English country Norfolk. It is not confirmed where he was born, but latest discoveries lead to historians thinking he came from Norfolk. Ben was born in 1680 and died 1719. He died at the age of thirty nine by getting captured near Havana in the spring of 1718. Ben was known to have died by captivity. His first…

Two continents named after one explorer, Amerigo Vespucci. His travels are not well known compared to Columbus, but they were more integral to the discovering of America. Vespucci writes a letter to Pier Soderini, Gonfalonier of the Republic of Florence, depicting his travels to the New World on his first of four voyages. The letter describes the encounters with the natives as well as the different types of animals they saw. Involvements in battles and celebrations throughout his exploration of…