Wampanoag

Throughout history, many European countries formed colonies in the Americas. The most well-known countries were, Spain, England, and France, who all claimed land and worked to serve the mother country. However, they encountered many problems such as; a lack of knowledge of the land, unknown food sources, and, the Native Americans. The two books, A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, and, A Patriot’s History of the United States, by Larry Schweikart, discussed different view…

The first Thanksgiving was in 1621. It all started when Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast with Pilgrims from Plymouth. That feast is now known as Thanksgiving. Most people now celebrate a more modern Thanksgiving. Everyone celebrates Thanksgiving differently. We still celebrate what we are thankful for but we do that in different ways. One thing modern Thanksgivings have in common is we eat similar food. The food we eat that is similar is turkey and Pumpkin pie.…

Whistle, 2000. 2. Summary: This the story of Squanto (told from the first-person view) and his journey from prisoner of the Spanish, prisoner of his own people, and the person who helped broker piece between the English colonists at Plymouth and the Wampanoag tribe. Squanto talks about how his people were betrayed by Thomas Hunt and sold into slavery. After being freed by Spanish Friars, he learned the English language and customs and sailed for home in 1620 with his friend, Thomas Dermer, only…

The American West by Stephen Aron discusses the author’s research on America’s history and expansion into the western part of the United States. After Columbus discovered what he viewed as a new world in 1492, explorers began to venture into the country. These first explorers had the intention of looking for resources, but as time went by they started to settle permanently. Colonies in the eastern United States became established and the growing country faced mounting pressures to start…

effective, and without community support (Machell). In addition to risking adverse impacts on marine organisms, fish, and birds, they feared that the electrical service platform presented an oil spill risk. Native American tribes—Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head and Mashpee Wampanoag—claimed Cape Wind would impact their religious practices by obstructing their view of the sun as it rose over Nantucket Sound (Machell, Rule, 139). The National Park Service listed the Sound as “traditional cultural…

school where I was handed an axe within my first week. I left this school with a repertoire that no other fifth graders could say they had. I built and etched a traditional birch bark canoe, constructed a log barn without power tools, repaired a wampanoag, threaded snowshoes, ran the sales department of a chicken business, painted murals, wadded through a cold pond for a night of frogging, and ended up in more ponds than I really would have liked. With this experience as my motivation and guide,…

as the new generations became more secular in their lifestyles and beliefs. Even with the decreased religious passion, the Puritans still remained relatively free of conflict until 1675 when in response to the Puritan’s craving for more land, the Wampanoag prince, Metacom, led an army to fight the Puritans. After a strenuous fight, the Puritan’s came out victorious, but they lost their supposed purity, which is one of the main facets that Winthrop had wanted in his ‘City upon a Hill.’ From this…

American holidays consist of vacations in America associated with religion, the birthdays of political leaders, days celebrating the countries independence, the sacrifice of veterans, or giving thanks for the achievements of important figures. National holidays represent an important events in American history or an important person. A holiday becomes a federally recognized holiday when it is enacted by Congress. There are ten federal holidays observed in the United States. American holidays are…

and upon a hill meaning they were sharing a common ground. This concept served to help those not associated with the Puritan faith to better understand the religion. Puritan colonies at plymouth had a close relationship with the Native American Wampanoag Indian Tribe. The Indians actually…

arrived to the new world. The story started out when Christopher Columbus was exploring the new world in 1492, and found its people, who were kind and nice and called them Indios. There were many tribes who lived in the east coast region such as Wampanoag, Iroquois, Cherokee, Mohave, Creek, and many more. At the beginning, the Englishmen and the Native Americans were living in harmony in Plymouth. Later, more white people came and they wanted more lands. Then wars started between the Native…