Georgia recognized the Cherokee tribe as a nation allowing them to make their own laws and follow their native customs. In the late 1700’s their land started to be invaded by the white man. The Cherokee Indians began to move to Arkansas. (Historical Context) I believe the Indians were taken advantage of and had no option but to move when their land was taken away from them. Georgia and the United States had no regard for the treaties that were put in place. The treaties changed depending on who was
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During the 1700’s‚ in a kingdom in England‚ there were a lot of people in poverty‚ and very few people that had money. And those people were the royal family‚ and their helpers. The king was‚ Alexander The Great II‚ the queen was‚ Queen Elizabeth‚ and the prince was‚ Alexander the Great III. The one thing that Alexander wanted to do was give to the poor. But‚ his parents didn’t like that. They were greedy and they wanted more money than you could possibly believe. They even said publicly‚ “I want
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The Democratic and Republican Parties can trace their roots back to the 1800s‚ but some of the most interesting stories in American political history spring from parties which enjoyed flashes of glory before fading away for good. The extinct political parties of the 1800s include organizations which were successful enough to put candidates in the White House. And there were also others that were just doomed to inevitable obscurity. Here is a listing of some significant political parties who
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Frederick Douglass‚ Harriet Tubman‚ Sojourner Truth‚ William Wells Brown‚ Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield‚ Robert Smalls—these are just a few of the many determined African Americans‚ all of whom were former slaves‚ that changed the world. During the 1800s‚ the average African American faced a world of immense discrimination and injustice‚ yet many rose above their adversity to accomplish their goals. The life of Biddy Mason exemplifies the principle that one’s background need not define who one is‚
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The existence of slavery lasted during the time of the colonies and continued when the colonies became the United States of America as a whole. Given that slavery was spread out across multiple colonies and states in the United States‚ it is safe to assume there was a great similarity and difference in slavery between the northern and southern regions. Slaves were treated as property‚ though their owners may have been more abusive in the South due to their needs for a higher quantity of workers to
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the evolution. From 1866 to 1890 America was evolving greatly from Big Business and a huge amount of growth in businesses and inventions however the rise of big business also became the downfall‚ As time progressed in the 1890s to 1920s they used the problems to solve their problems they had Unity but also caused division. Later on from 1920 to 1945‚ America faced a change in conflict because of economics but also because of equality‚ From 1945 to the 1980s‚ there was a huge change in
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passage‚ it represents how in the 1700s the Scottish-Irish immigrants came to America broke but were culturally competent with literacy unlike many of the poor Irish Catholic immigrants that arrived in America due to the potato famine in Ireland. The change over time for the Scots-Irish immigrants began with a culturally diverse and economically inferior populous during the eighteen century facing social and religious stigmas connected to Protestantism which differed from most other Irish immigrants
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From the 1800’s to now the fashion of our society has changed dramatically. Ranging from the clothing to hairstyles and accessories‚ nothing has remained the same. In the 19th century showing skin was not an option‚ whereas here in the 21st century one wouldn’t be surprised if you saw a girl with close to nothing on walking down the street. In the early 1800’s‚ women’s clothing styles were based on the ‘Empire silhouette.’ The Empire silhouette style consisted of dresses that were closely fitted
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Throughout the history of mankind‚ there has always been a gap between the wealthy and the poor. America made miniscule attempts to end this course of action‚ but it is simply human nature and therefore cannot be changed. From 1700 to 1750‚ the differences in wealth and status in the colonies continued to increase. Once the gap started to widen‚ it was very difficult to alter due to the structure of the political system (or lack thereof). The plague of war created a class of widows and orphans
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Discrimination is very old in its origins. From the earliest periods of human existence‚ groups developed prejudices toward others and then discriminated against those whom they regarded as different or inferior. Many attempts were taken to maintain or increase power‚ prestige‚ or even wealth; groups found it easy to invent or accept the idea that others were somehow inferior to them and thus not deserving of equal treatment. Among the many differences that could be used as a basis for discrimination
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