Historians estimate that between 1500 and 1870‚ more than eleven million men and women were captured and carried across the Atlantic Ocean in large ships meant to house slaves in horrific conditions. The passengers were transported to the West Indies‚ Brazil or other parts of the new and forming Americas. These people were enslaved Africans‚ and their lives onboard these slaves’ ships were worse than any pain imaginable at the time. During the 1500s‚ Europeans saw enslaved Africans as inexpensive
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The Native American population is comprised of distinct and heterogenous ethnocultural groups that make up about 1.8 million of the total people in the United States. The American Southwest is particularly unique because of the environment‚ the Native traditions and culture‚ and the historical contact with the Spanish as well as the interactions with the United States government. An enclave describes an area surrounded by or within a territory in which the people in the area are culturally and/or
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number of similarities‚ the Europeans of the early 16th century had many differences with the Native Americans of the same era. When the Europeans first "discovered" the Americas in the late 1400s-early 1500s‚ they expected to find a land filled with savages that had little or no intelligence or technological advancements. However‚ these European explorers came to realize that the Native Americans were far more civilized than they had imagined. When the first European explorers reached North America
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When the Europeans landed in the Americas‚ they were surprised to find that other people had already populated the land. These people came to be known as Indians to the Europeans‚ and Native Americans to us today. They were called Indians due to the fact that the Europeans at first thought that they were in India‚ as they stumbled across the Americas whilst looking for a quicker shipping route to India‚ not knowing the fast land masses that separated Europe and India. Eventually though they discovered
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The Native American Culture should be saved because they are people of American‚ they have their own belief system and the different ways of living. Native Americans are people too‚ but they are treated very different from "normal" Americans. One example of a Native American Culture would be the Navajo Indians which was the tribe in the TV show "30 Days". The Navajo tribe lives on a reservation in 3 states: Arizona‚ Utah‚ and New Mexico. Navajo reservation is know for being one of the biggest reservations
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In Native American culture‚ it is common practice to use stories as a way to teach the young children lessons. The stories were told orally‚ so therefore they could be altered to fit the needs of the group that day. The stories are aimed toward children‚ but the lessons can be grasped at any age as they deal with many of the themes of Native American Spirituality. Some of the main lessons we learned through presentations in class are we need to find a balance with nature‚ have humility to contain
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things to people who didn’t deserve it and we now realize that know. When the colonists met the Native Americans‚ the natives were peaceful to them by showing how to survive the new land they discovered. The pilgrims decided to have a feast with the natives on November 27th‚ 1621‚ to show thanks for the natives. (History.com). During George Washington presidency years‚ he stated to educate the natives by converting them to Christianity‚ learn and speak English. In 1803‚ the United States bought the
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major European settlements developed direct empires overseas. These settlements include the colonial empires in both North and South America and in colonial possessions in Africa and Asia. Like most colonies‚ these three had a few similarities in addition to many contrasting differences. A main similarity between the early American‚ African‚ and Asian colonies was their administration system. The early American colonies were formed by small bands of adventurers loosely controlled by European administration
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The Mandan tribe was a Native American group that lived in what is present day North Dakota for hundreds of years before its culmination in the late 1800s. They were very unique and had minimal technologies or or formal civilizations‚ forcing them to live off the land. The practices of the Mandan tribe were different to those of any other peoples‚ either today or centuries ago. The Mandans’ way of life‚ religion‚ and culture greatly contrast other people and tribes from both when they existed and
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the two cultures ‚ Europeans and Native American. Europeans had established communities where they lived and worked. Native Americans had settlements but they moved around a lot they were nomadic . Europeans were usually Christians ‚ but Native Americans believed more in the existence and powers of many other spirits . They had strong‚ central leadership while the Natives tended to do things in harmony ‚ consensus . They also had a little regard for women ‚ while many Native cultures were
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