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    Jamestown Cultures

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    The story of Jamestown is the story of how our country began with the first permanent English settlement on our shores in the year 1607. It is the story of the interaction among three cultures – the Powhatans‚ the English and the Africans - each of whom had their own unique way of life. The ancestors of the Powhatans had lived in eastern Virginia for thousands of years and had formed a hierarchical political structure and complex trade relationships. The English had begun to

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    Max Sochacki September 18‚ 2015 When the English settlers founded Jamestown in 1607‚ slaves were not being used anywhere in America. The Jamestown settlement was very important for the English because it started a continuous English presence in America. The original goal of the settlers was to spread christianity to the native communities(Johnson 23). After a while‚ the English discovered that tobacco could be easily produced in the Americas and they quickly began producing it in mass.

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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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    David Price’s reason for writing Love and Hate in Jamestown is to demystify the historical legends of John Smith and Pocahontas‚ and portray both as the reason why the Jamestown colony survived in the New World. Price supports this thesis by describing the people that inhabited the New World with the settlers at Jamestown‚ describing the leadership skills Smith possessed‚ and describing his method for saving the colony from disaster. Price wants to portray Smith and Pocahontas in the correct light

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    The American Dream is unsurprisingly one of the most prevalent themes throughout American literature. From Huckleberry Finn (Twain) to Death of a Salesman (Miller)‚ the idea is prevalent in most of the American classics. In Huckleberry Finn‚ the dream represents the ability to be free on the river away from the rules and racism of society‚ while in Death of a Salesman it represents a workingman’s failure to achieve his goals. Both have opposing narratives regarding the dream‚ based upon the times

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    a major cultural difference. From the beginning of the relationship between Native and European Americans‚ the European Americans(Europeans) repeatedly dishonored the treaties which they agreed to uphold. Usually‚ they established the same treaties they betrayed‚ such as the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851); which eventually led to the tragic massacre of the Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek.[1] “The Treaty set forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes as between themselves.” [2] Greedy and eager

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    The Indian Health Services and Native American Health Despite various attempts by the Indian Health Services to improve Native American health‚ without the sufficient funding and necessary resources‚ the efficacy of health care has made little improvement over the past several decades. The brutal relationship between the United States government and Native Americans is one that cannot be ignored. It led to beginning of federally funded health care for American Indians as long as two centuries

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    arrival in the Americas in the 15th century‚ the Americas were inhabited by many Native American Tribes long before. It is estimated that their arrival in the Americas may "have been as recently as 12‚000 years ago or as long ago as 70‚000 years."(2) Assuming the shorter estimate‚ the Native Americans would still "have been on the continent 30 times longer than the Europeans."(2) During this time each Native American tribe developed their own rich and extensive cultures‚ each with their own sets of

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    Native American Memorial

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    everyone to respond and remember” (Lin). Lin’s simply black granite walls prove to be a powerful symbol of remembrance. They show that if the memorial’s purpose is to honor and remember‚ then the design should be simple so as not to draw attention away from those being recognized. If the memorial is meant to teach‚ it is designed in a much different manner. Some appear as museums such as the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.. These memorials are bigger because they have to house a lot more information

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    II. Of Plymouth Plantation: Summary and Commentary Bradford‚ William was one of the Pilgrim leaders and American colonial governor‚ born in Austerfield‚ Yorkshire‚ England. In 1606 he joined the Separatists‚ a dissident Protestant sect. Three years later‚ in search of freedom of worship‚ he went with them to Holland‚ where he became an apprentice to a silk manufacturer. Bradford sailed on the Mayflower in 1620‚ and after his arrival in America he helped found Plymouth Colony. In April 1621 he

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