North America

The life of Native Americans in North America between 1763 and 1815 can be summed up in a single word, resilient. By mid-18th century, a wave of newcomers in search of land would move westward populating Appalachian territory that would reinforce their pursuit of liberty. There was one problem though, some of the regions they encountered were inhabited by indigenous Americans. This reoccurring theme of land expansion and Indian relocation developed into different chapters throughout American…

Compare the Viking attempts to conquer/colonize in the Americas around 1000 to the Spanish efforts during the first half of the sixteenth century (1500s). Why did the Vikings fail to establish a lasting settlement in North America? Why did the Spanish succeed? When the Vikings attempted to colonize in the Americas, Leif Erickson, who founded the Iceland settlement and the Greenland settlement, was the first Viking to do so. He was the Viking who went to Canada. He named the area Vinland due to…

Native American Settlement in North America About ten thousand years before Columbus arrived to the Americas, the Native Americans trekked across the Bering strait, a vast land bridge between modern day Russia and Alaska. Towards the end of the last Ice Age, the natives followed their prey, which lead them into the New World. Native Americans adapted and transformed to the new American lands, but when the Europeans finally arrived in the Americas, they influenced the Native American settlements…

British, French, and the Spanish all had more or less the same goals coming into the New World for the first time. All three colonies wanted to discover a shorter route to Asia. But most importantly, they all wanted to be the dominant power in North America. Trade markets, religion, and property were the three biggest motivations in migrating. Although, the Spanish did not value the Native Americans like the French and English. The Native Americans would eventually be valuable allies, and not…

discovered America? Well, they were wrong. Christopher Columbus was a Genoese sailor who wanted to find a western route to the Indies. He made four voyages, each taking him to different locations in the Caribbean. He sailed under Spain and his voyages were sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Along his voyages he encountered storms and the Santa Maria broke into pieces. He met very many natives and explored their land. I believe Christopher Columbus did not discover North…

Europeans came to North America for the first time, they called it The New World, because to them it was a land that was mysterious in many ways. The native population that lived in North America was nothing like that of Europe and the environment of North America was even more foreign. There was no way of knowing the effect of European settlement and what the consequences of their actions would be on the native people and the land. Before the invasion of Europeans in North America, the Natives…

All across the world many credit the Europeans for the discovery of the Americas, however, adjacent to what people may think, the Europeans most certainly were not the first civilized people to arrive in North America. While many believe Columbus was the first to discover North America in 1492, he had actually been beaten to the punch by more than 12,000 years by the Paleo-Indians. During the Paleolithic revolution about 40,000 years ago, a life based on hunting, and gathering appeared in…

The social, cultural, and political differences between the four major regions of British colonial North America on the eve of the American Revolution occurred thanks to the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment unearthed new ideas which were used as a new set of guidelines to help people live their lives. The Enlightenment helped birth more interests in education as well as a more in depth understanding of the government and politics. Almanacs were created and they became a large part of the social…

North America will present an item such as a tightly woven basket with a surrounding design showcasing the world before and after the meteor. Also in the North America exhibit will be smaller pieces of art, such as paintings, from multiple artists around the continent expressing the future of the world in peace. A traditional way to celebrate in South America is through music and dancing. South America will bring a traditional video of women dancing…

of Gettysburg was the biggest battle ever fought in North America? There were 160,000 men that fought in the battle. The Union Army was led by Major General Gordon Meade and had 85,000 men. The Confederate Army was led by General Robert Lee and had 75,000. men. The battle occurred the first three days in July of 1863. This was General Lee and the Confederate Army’s second attack in the North. General Lee led the Confederate Army to the North to fight to pressure Abraham Lincoln to end the…