Throughout our history class we have learned about a variety of different societies and their progression before and after the development of the atlantic world. For some this transition was drastic and others the change was minute. After the Atlantic world came together there was a noticeable shift change in the number of enslaved African individuals; as well as a transformation in the way in which they were treated. Before the Atlantic world slaves typically worked as servants performing domestic
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Amistad I have watched the "Amistad" directed by Steven Spielberg‚ written by David Franzoni‚ presented by Morgan Freeman‚ Nigel Hawthorne‚ Anthony Hopkins‚ Djimon Hounsou‚ Mathew McConaughey‚ David Paymer‚ Pete Postlethwaite‚ and Stellan Skarsgard. It was rented from Hollywood Video to complete the assignment. "Who we are‚ is who we were"‚ states attorney Baldwin‚ the persuading point reaching into the hearts of the jurors. Telling a story about the intriguing life and life lost of the Mende
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Norman Lewis “… One of the discouraging things in my own self-education‚ was the fact that painting pictures didn’t bring about any social change.” – Norman Lewis Norman Lewis‚ leading African American artist and prominent member of the Abstract Expressionism movement‚ was born on July 23‚ 1909‚ in Harlem‚ New York. At an early age‚ Mr. Lewis became keenly aware of racial tension as he and his parents resided in a mostly Italian and Jewish neighborhood. At the age of nine‚ Norman Lewis discovered
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can’t free your gun or your house. So how could you free a slave? It was pretty much a messed up way of thinking back then‚ but it was all they knew. People can and do change. Changes in how people thought was evident in the movie Amistad. Cinque the chosen spokesman for the Africans had a vivid real idea of freedom. He wanted to go home. It’s that simple. He had been taken by force from his home and family and place in a foreign place and was being held captive for something he did not
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this unit reveal about diversity within the new nation? Use at least three specific examples from the reading selections. Your answer should be at least one complete paragraph. Answer: The diversity that was revealed was I have learned about how Equiano and Phillis Wheatley were enslaved for portions of their lives and how they were treated like animals. I have also learned the diversity of religion how religion changed and how people celebrated religion. Another thing I learned about diversity within
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In the movie‚ The Crucible‚ Abigail wanted to marry John Proctor. In order for her to have John‚ she had to have his wife dead‚ the only way for his wife to die at the moment was to be accused of witchcraft. Abigail started to accuse people of witchcraft along with all her friends‚ she blamed the slave they had‚ and even some of the people she liked. Abigail kept getting her way and kept accusing‚ then she accused the Proctor family. John didn’t like Abigail accusing them for something she knew wasn’t
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The Amistad The Amistad is a film released in 1997 directed by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg’s career as a producer‚ director and writer has made him known as one of Hollywood’s best film directors. The Wagon Train in 1957 was the first film that Steven Spielberg assisted in producing. Some of the first works of Spielberg are shown in the short films the Battle Squad and Escape to Nowhere. The first movie that Spielberg directed that put him on route to being one of the most well known and wealthiest
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life was life for early North American colonists Chapter Readings: (Outline Chapters in Garraty Book) • Garraty Ch 1-Part of Ch 3 (pg 1-84) • “1491” • Readings from John Smith’s Journal • Articles on Colonial America – Pocahontas‚ Hutchinson‚ Equiano‚ Squanto Movie Clips: • Scene from Pocahontas – Disney • Scene from The Lost World • Last of the Mohicans • America: The Story of US – “Rebels” Episode • Other Clips from online resources shown as needed Key Concepts: 1. Roanoke
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The history of American Literature starts well before this land was even called America. It has been a great evolution to come from tribal symbols and drawings to today’s Stephen King and Danielle Steele. Literature has gone through many phases and was impacted by great events and ideas in American history. The earliest form of literature in what would one day be known as America were far from what modern day people would consider "Literature". The Natives who inhabited this land first had unwritten
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Cahokia: located on the site of an ancient Native American city situated directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis‚ Missouri / largest and most influential urban settlement in the Mississippian culture / the mound builders / advanced and indigenous cultures Constantinople: trade routes in 1453 / eastern Roman Empire capital / right in the middle of a trade route from Europe to the middle east and Asia Leif Erikson: Viking from Scandanavia / Norway / the first European to set
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