John Murrin's Beneficiaries Of Catastrophe: Colonial America

John Murrin is currently a history teacher who specializes in the field of Colonial
American History, Revolutionary America, War and Society in the Modern World. He wrote an article entitled “Beneficiaries of Catastrophe: The English Colonies in America.” In this article
Murrin reveals his belief that “losers far outnumber winners”. American history is a history of struggle and in the midst there have been more losers than winners.
What Murrin tries to demonstrate is that the founding of our glorious nation is the cause of its destruction. I agree with Murrin’s belief that the main idea of America is that our nation was established on and our social life is molded by a progression of attacks, scourges and the slave trade.
In history we
Thus, these are the reasons why I believe in John Murrin’s belief that their are far more losers than winners. As described the American settlers were the winners who took over the
Native American land and the Africans were also the losers by being subjected to slavery. As a result, these are the ways of the establishment of the English colonies being considered a tragic victory because it had a negative effect on Native Americans and Africans. All in all, what is now known as ‘The United States of America’ wasn’t brought up as a positive development.
American History is built off of a myth that free enterprise ruled the land. America wasn’t the land of the free it was the land of the wealthy and the enslaved. Those who could step on another mans shoulders did so, so that they can reach the top of the pedestal. America is
America because of the tragedies that has occurred in the ruthless process of overthrowing the people who had the rightful ownership on the land. Although, America has went through many downfalls in history to become the land of “liberty and prosperity,” it also has lost more of its definement then winning its