“1492” A Year that Changed History In the year 1492 many of the settlers that began establishing colonies in the New World were from the European cultures. Great Britain‚ in that period was one of the stronger‚ more developed Monarchs in the European region. Once the other European Monarchs ascertained that Spain had found‚ not only new wealth‚ but land and the prominence that came with it‚ did the later Monarchs begin to establish their own trade routes‚ ports‚ and colonies in the New World.
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Alexander Hamilton: first Secretary of the Treasury‚ Revolutionary War hero‚ and one of the most influential figures of the late 1700s. Even though Hamilton seems like an intelligent‚ wealthy‚ high ranking man‚ he did not start out that way. Hamilton wasn’t even born in the colonies‚ but he helped create the United States‚ and we still feel his impact today. Growing up‚ Alexander Hamilton lived an impoverished life and faced many hardships. His mother died and his father abandoned him‚ leaving
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was apart of the huge African American migration to the West Coast during World War II. Bobby spent the rest of his childhood growing up in Oakland. After highschool Bobby joined the Air Force; he was court martialed after three years of service for disobeying his colonel at Ellsworth Air Force Base (North Dakota). After the military Bobby Seale returned to Oakland and enrolled in Merritt College. It was at Merritt when Bobby met and befriended Huey P. Newton. Black Nationalism was a prominent approach
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Slavery and Free Blacks in the 1800’s Jimmy Cooper Bethel College Feb 04‚ 2008 Slavery and Free Blacks in the 1800’s The word slavery‚ defined as a human being owned by another Individual and is subject to another human being as by capture‚ purchase‚ or birth; bondservant divested of all freedom and personal rights (Webster‚ 1959). Now there is an ideology developed that is really a great mystery because who actually wants to be a slave or who has the right to say I have to be your
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to gain wealth and become successful. The American Dream is needed inspiration because it gives hope to people who come from nothing‚ unifies everyone toward a common goal‚ and gives everyone an equal chance of achieving the same dream. The American Dream is needed inspiration that benefits the dreamer because the American Dream inspires hope in everyone. During the Great Depression‚ this hope was essential. Keeping the Dream Alive describes the American Dream as “The perennial conviction that those
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amount of progress for African American civil rights by 1960‚ there were still problems to be dealt with: only 800‚000 out of 20 million black people were registered to vote in 1963‚ although it was a slowly rising number; in 1962‚ President Kennedy signed an executive order to end discrimination in federal housing construction‚ but there were still black ghettos in cities such as Chicago‚ Detroit and New York. Firstly‚ despite the high enlistment rate of black people in the army during the second
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How Far is too Far? Nathaniel Hawthorne’s representation of the Puritan’s strict religious ways in his novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ wasn’t just an observation of the problematic religious society‚ but‚ rather‚ a criticism of their extremist beliefs. The Scarlet Letter forces its audience to realize how sins are severely punished‚ and how religion is an enormous contributor to historical conflicts and the part it has played in the most recent wave of terrorism and religious controversy. The extremists
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social movement in American history. Although the movement was most prominent in the middle and southern colonies‚ it would continue on to have an immense impact on the entirety of the colonies. Much like the Enlightenment‚ the Great Awakening encouraged individual thought and the use of new ideas to question the authority‚ humanity‚ and government. This‚ in addition to the widespread beliefs of republicanism that had dispersed throughout the colonies‚ ultimately led to the American Revolution and the
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they introduced African food. This transformed the colonies’ culture because African culture merged with the colonists’ culture. For example‚ in the book Out of Many: A History of the American People‚ the author states‚ “In Louisiana a combination of African‚ French‚ and Indian elements produced a distinguished American cuisine (Faragher 73).” This shows that slavery helped shape the culture in the colonies because food is a large aspect in culture. Because Africans influenced their food‚ they also
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"baseball" with an illustration. The Americans are sure that baseball is their invention‚ in particular the invention of their Civil War hero Abner Dabldeya from Cooperstown (NY) or Alexander Cartwright (NY)‚ the founder of the Knickerbocker‚ the first baseball club1. It is likely that baseball was rooted in such well-known American games like "townball"‚ "roundball"‚ or "Massachusetts Game". All these games had similar rules‚ but differed a little in players’ positions on the field and the distance between
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