Youth Service America

In the beginning , America “ New World “ has been just a group of British colonizers . It was populated by the Native Americans , and then came the Puritans to colonize it , followed by the first settlers : John Smith and William Bradford . In the late – seventeenth – century , The Enlightenment era , or “the age of reason “, was extended over Europe . Writers such as John Locke dares to defy the old system . Therefore , Locke’s thoughts and concepts inspire others like Thomas Jefferson , who…

Christopher Columbus, a great Italian explorer, navigator and colonizer of all time was born in 31st October 1451 in Genoa, Italy. Columbus discovered America for the first time in 15th century, which had excelled the importance of all the other events that had ever occurred. He started navigation at the age of fourteen and he had made four voyages to America through the Atlantic. He had laid three ships named the Santa Maria, the Nina, and the Pinta. Coming in contact with Mendoza, a man with…

judiciousness and curiosity were evident, however the longing for mass change resulted for Europe could recognize the New World just by forcing its power over it. Did Columbus find the New World? Deak says no. The landmasses of North and South America had been populated…

The kingdom of Benin entered into a trading relationship with the Portuguese which facilitated the Portuguese to buy pepper, cloth, and slaves from Benin. The Portuguese then exported the slaves, pepper, and cloth to European countries and in the Americas. However, the selling of slaves to Portuguese came to an end in the 1550’s because the kingdom of Benin was in a state of war to colonize other African territories. So, in order to acquire the other territories, they needed more army force due…

My Culture Identity Everyone has a culture that identifies their identity. As in who they are or where they come from. They 're many different cultures in the world. A culture is a tradition past on to a family generation. Every culture has different holidays, traditon but more importantly style. It represents what type of music you listen to or what type of clothing you wear. Most people find their culture by their family. For example; gandparents, mother, father. This essay is about how…

After World War 1 America was viewed as a superior power in the world, the economy boomed, people were living lavish and comfortable, and a way of life quickly devolved that was dramatically different from the one people once knew . The 1920’s was a pivotal time in America’s History. It was a time when morals were lost, social revolutions were fought and a new “urban culture” was born. These new ideas and philosophies were so pivotal that America 96 years later is still running off the fumes of…

Just Another Unattainable Dream America proudly known as the nation of the free, holds a dark history of enslavement, greed, and unattainable dreams. Personal freedom of speech in America during the early 1900’s was more of an extravagant disguise than a blissful reality. Despite the self assured claims of America, being the supposed land of freedom, histories pages express the discrimination and hatred that took place towards different races that was omnipresent. African American citizens who…

The controversy as to whom discovered America still rages on today. One of the most disputed characters in history is indeed the Italian Christopher Columbus. Although not stated as a villain or a hero in the Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), Columbus is still acknowledged as one of the most important historical figures whose expeditions to the New World led the way to other expeditions of Europeans to America. During Columbus time, the belief that the earth was round…

function within our society. Immigrants will mostly populate the United States in the future, so why does our school systems not require a second language? This problem is occurring because we haven 't had progress with really understanding how diverse America is. A lot of the places in the south still have the same beliefs they did for years because of the ideals their families grew up with for generations. My father never lived in the south, however, he has narrow minded views about our…

Describing a Larger Conversation The United States of America, the land of the free and the land where people from all different parts of the world are still dreaming to live in. that is the standard America has put itself upon where different sorts of people who are deprived of their own freedom, business opportunities, education, and equality are taken away from. These social outcasts are desperately striving to achieve the dream of living in America, the country of the great, just, and free.…