Youth Service America

The Age of Exploration began in the late 15th century. The potential of the New World became increasingly visible since the explorers now had the ocean technology. Britain, Spain and France all settled different parts of the New World in different ways; each of these ways having different effects on the Native Americans. It is human nature to be curious of the unknown, and this has not changed over the course of history. Curiosity and a need for adventure is what brought the explorers to the…

of Mexico, developed from a wild grass called teosinte. (Nunn and Qian, 169) This wild grass didn’t look like the corn we see today in North America as the kernels were spread out and not bundled together like the modern corn that’s seen today. From its origins in Mexico, for the next couple of hundred years, it was spread all over the continent of the Americas ranging in different types and sizes. It was believed by some natives that it was a gift from the gods, sometimes using it in religious…

Colonial Evolution In colonial America, many new ideas were arriving to the minds of these new American colonists. Instead of using the same old traditions and ways of life of their homeland, they began to change and start their own traditions. Breaking off from the European countries led to the forming of the Puritan and Rationalist groups along with the creation of many new works of literature. As time continues for the colonists, they decide that a movement for independence is best for the…

very valued in the United States is education. Right now only 14% of the population can’t read, which yes is a big number but it is much less than in 1870 when 20% of the population was illiterate. Something else that was passed into the culture of America is that we now have a government that takes care of all of the 50 states which is what the Albany Plan was proposing. We also have only one constituition in the United…

European expansion did so well primarily because of the social and cultural benefits the Europeans had in comparison to the Native Americans whose land they conquered. This is exampled in the Battle of Cajamarca, where cultural advancement was the largest contributor to the victory of Pizarro and the Spaniards against the Inca emperor Atahuallpa. The Europeans level of food production also aided increased the gap of power between them and the Native Americans. Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and…

In 1775, four vast groups of immigrants made up most of the colonial population. The settlers of German origin made up six percent of the population in the Pennsylvania Dutch Colony. Settlers and ancestors of Ireland and Scotland were known as the Scotch-Irish immigrants. The Scotch-Irish immigrants spoke the English language and made up seven percent of the population. However, the British Government held no respect for the Scotch-Irish immigrants. Although settlers from England continued to…

The bald eagle has been recognized as the “national symbol of the United States since 1782”(Lee, Ray). The bald eagle is brown in color on the body and wings but is a pearly white on the head and tail. The American quarter and dollar bill both have the bald eagle symbol on them. The bald eagle means freedom to the American citizens. It has been “a symbol for native people for far longer than that” ("Bald Eagle Identification”). The bald eagle spends its first four to five years exploring vast…

colonies were the three major European powers to settle in the New World. They “took lead in conquering and colonizing North America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries” (Tindall & Shi, 102). These three European powers so all the opportunities to advance in North America and they all succeed and failed in one way or another. When looking at reasons why they came to America, economic values (fur trading), setbacks of the region, and who was the major part of the colonies, we can…

policy, that any operation by external powers in the politics of the Americas is basically hostile act against the United States. The person who developed the Monroe Doctrine was James Monroe, who became president in 1816. The reason why the Monroe Doctrine was developed because seeing the plight of Spain, Britain proposed joint British-American action to stop other European countries from establishing colonies in the Americas. The Secretary of States John Quincy Adams opposed this plan…

When the English settlers attained the new world, their expectation of living was changed by many adversities. These obstacles were hard to surpass, but from these obstacle many lessons and values were learned and applied to the new world. Many of these lessons and values did not vanish through time, but they contributed to the formation of a government that to this present day cherishes these lessons and values. The settlers arrived in many regions of the new world, among these regions were…