...The europeans wanted to come to america so they have freedom to worship as they wanted to. Europeans also discovered America. People wanted to find a way to Asia, the people wanted to be famous and rich they looked to do spices, get silk, precious metals wanted gold and riches and also wanted new materials. The people wanted to discover new routes.9/10 americans died. Europeans exploration impacted many changes in the Americas from the late 1400s to 1776. They gave the Native Americans metal tools. Lots land disease, enforced laws which violated their culture and much more. Guns, alcohol and horses. It changed their way of hunting for food because they didn’t know how to use guns they were heavy to hold and it also changed the groupings....
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...Art and Culture Paper Bryce Barbee ART/125 March 14, 2016 Jamie Welch Art and Culture Paper This paper will contain information about the Feminist Art Movement and how their art work help then towards the goal of women have equal rights as to men. This will also include the ethnic minorities and how their influence affected the art works. There will be a Section of this paper that will take about the influence of art and how it affected the culture of 20th century. Then this paper will so contain information about how the culture of 20th century influences the arts of the 20th century. Feminist Art Movement Well the Feminist Art Movement started in 1969 because there was a group of women artists in revolution (WAR). This group decided to split off from the Art Workers’ Coalition (AWC) the reason the split from the AWC because it was Male-dominated. This group would not help the women artists. Then in 1971 the women artists had started to strike out of the Corcoran Biennial in Washington D.C. because they had excluded the women artists. The women artists started to protest against gallery owners because they would not show off their work here. Judy Chicago is the first woman that acted on and to help the Feminist Art movement. Her role was the most prominent and the earliest activists in the movement because she had established the feminist art program for women to paint freely without having the rejections from the outside world. The place of the program...
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...The Laissez- Faire Takeover In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, America is at one of its highest points in history going into the twentieth century; it has so many resources and space still to provide for people. When the word had gotten out about America and what it had to provide, a vast amount of immigrants started pouring in, in search of a better life and better fortune. The industries of Eastern United States keenly employed these immigrants because they were willing to work long hours for low wages, and the rich capitalists took advantage of this situation. Capitalists and the incoming immigrants never saw eye to eye, and strikes would break out often, some ending in violence or death. Most workers had no political freedom nor even have a voice in the company that employed them because of the industrial system that curtailed their rights. The life of a nineteenth century American industrial worker was far from easy, even during what seem to be good times, wages were low, hours long and work conditions dangerous. The general issue that raised between the two, what has for many years before is that, little of the wealth being made is being distributed to the working class. This situation was worse for women and children who took up more of the work force than men, and still made half of what men usually would make. Work conditions were often tedious because workers would do tasks over and over while working an average 10 hour days, six days a week. Since...
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...How did we get here? Homo Genus was the first form of human and have been around for about 2 million years. It is believed that humans started off from an ape form similar to a monkey, these apes were the first 2 legged standing apes and these are now considered the first humans. Humans are believed to be first found in warm places such as Africa and parts of Asia and Europe, around 2 million years ago. Humans around these times colonized in small places. Humans did not discover fire and cooking till about 1 million years ago. The modern human or the humans we know abou today didn't show up till around .2 million years ago or 200,000 years ago.Civilizations began to rise a lot around 8000 BCE this is around the same time the wheel was invented. The Egyptians were the first to have a major civilization. They were also the inventors of the wheel, many other inventions such as the wedge and pulley....
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...The founding of the Original Colonies is one of the most important events in history. England started settling in North America, founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony, created the Thirteen Colonies, and eventually created the United States of America. Once the Americas were discovered many countries wanted to settle here, including England. The King of England founded the Catholic Church, and the Pilgrims wanted to separate and move to North America, where they settled in Plymouth Virginia. Along the way they created the Mayflower Compact, which became the first English legal agreement in the USA. Years later, in 1629, the non-separatists got a royal charter to form Massachusetts Bay Colony. They wanted to escape attacks by conservatives in the Church of England. A year later one-thousand people set off in eleven well-stocked ships. Once landed in North America, they set up a colony with Boston as a Hub. John Winthrop, a well-off attorney and Manor lord in England. He was a model of Christian charity, and became first Governor of Massachusetts. He believed he had a calling from God to lead Massachusetts. He served as Governor of Massachusetts for 19 years. When England created colonies in North America and people started moving here, their life span increased to 70 years because of the lack of...
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...and drawing pictures of buildings. One day when Allen is sitting in the front yard, the girl next door, Rebecca, sits beside him and starts a conversation. This is the first time ever Allen talks with a white girl, therefore he is not quite comfortable under their conversation and does not really know how he has to behave in front of her. When she finally left, Allen felt relieved and hopped no one had seen them together. As time went by, they started spending more time together, but they were seeing each other on the sly so no one could see them. In their society it was deeply unacceptable for a white girl to talk to a black guy, which is the reason why they only met secretly. Unfortunately, one day they get busted. After that, their parents had to give them permission to see each other, but only in non public places like Allen’s backyard, where they could play basketball. By time, they start falling in love with each other. When Rebecca’s father realized that they were falling in love, he decided to sell their house and move to another place in September. Even though Allen and Rebecca promised each other to keep in touch, they did not. When school started, Allen got a new girlfriend, she was the prettiest and the most beautiful black girl he ever had seen, Eloise was her name. One day in the Christmas vacation, Allen and his dad went shopping in a shopping mall. In this shopping mall he surprisingly saw Rebecca for the first...
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... Jamestown was said to have been founded 13 years before the pilgrims settled and founded Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pilgrims established this colony in the year 1620 to exit England. The pilgrims sailed to America by a ship, which was famously known as the Mayflower. The Pilgrims started out in places such as, New York, Maine, Connecticut, and as far as Ohio. The goal was to seek religious freedom from England and looking for the perfect religion for the many needs of the people. King James I, who is mostly known for his investments in the Virginia Stock Company. This company...
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...Back in the 19th and 20th centuries, America wasn’t as big as it is today because most of the land it claimed was either sold to them or unclaimed. Then, Imperialism started, and would inevitably influence the role of how America would treat foreign nations, or foreign policy. Everyone that was on the side of Imperialism convinced others that it was a good thing; who else would save these poor defenceless people? This created a response from the people, and an unhappy one that didn’t want to be seized, or “saved”. However while moral disputes were going on, trading routes and the grip on land was being secured. There’s no telling how the world would be without imperialism, or if it’s even a good thing, but the effects are undeniable. When imperialism started, specifically during and after the Spanish-American War, most US politicians/officials said that they needed to “help” the other nations. William McKinley said after extensive thinking, that the only option...
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...How the Americas got started North American started to civilize about 35,000 years ago. There was a land mass that acted as a bridge like structure that connected Europe and Alaska. Many natives used this land mass to cross over to the Americas. When the Ice age ended the water level rose over the land mass which was submerged leaving the native that were here stranded with no way to go back across to their land. This is how the first descendants as well as their animal made it into North Americans over the years the natives started settlements of different tribes though out North America, Central, and South Americans. They were the first inhabitants (Axia College2010). These people were nomads which means they moved around a lot. The men of the tribe would hunt and fish for food . They also used Animal hides for their clothes and blankets. The women of the tribe plant gardens they also harvest them for more crops like wheat and corn. They also took care of the home and the children which they took pride in. They had to adapt to the lands while strengthening the society. They also would share their food with other settlements. They each developed their own language along with their religious belief. Many Europeans came to America by boats and ships through exploration. There were a few explorers by the 1300’s . One was Eric the Red he was a Viking. He was the first European to get to Greenland. Marco Polo (1254-1320) An Italian merchant...
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...How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Summary How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is about a family moving from the Dominican Republic to America, and why they moved. This book goes backwards on the timeline starting at 1989 going back to 1956. It starts when they are back visiting their family in the Dominican Republic to when they lived there and just left for the U.S. In the novel, the main characters are Don Carlos (Papi) and Doña Laura (Mami) and their four daughters: Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is all about the family and what they go through experiencing the new world. The family moved from there enormous house in the DR where they had maids who would do everything for them and...
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...The character Rip Van Winkle symbolizes the struggles of the early America. The struggles Rip goes through can be compared to the same struggles that America was going through at this time before and after the Revolution. Rip had a wife that got on his nerves Dame Van Winkle. At times he needed to escape from her and his surroundings. Rip would sometimes head into the woods with his dog Wolf and his gun. One day he did just that. He got his cut and Wolf and they headed into the Catskill Mountains, he hunted squirrels, firing off his gun round after round. Several hours had passed Rip was getting tired so he lied down for a rest looking at the Hudson River. Night fall was fast approaching so he got up to go home, he was not looking forward to seeing his wife for fear of her mouth. While he was walking a short man with a beard wearing Dutch clothing called his name. The man was needing some help so Rip agreed to help him. Rip followed the man to an area where several people were playing a game called ninepins. As the people were playing ninepins the man asked Rip to help him pass out what appeared to be beer of some kind. After everyone received the beverage Rip decided to drink some. The next morning Rip woke up in the same location looking at the Hudson River. Rip starting thinking about what happened the night before and then started thinking about how his wife Dame was going to act when he got home. Rip decided he needed to go home. When he went to pick up...
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...March 31, 2015 Coming to America By: Taylor Overstreet I came to America when I was 12 years old. My home town was Tokyo, Japan. My mom and I left because of war back in Japan. The reason my mom and I left Japan was because of war. It started with just a small battle, but then the whole town got destroyed. Our house was right in the path of the war so before our home got destroyed we fled. Ever since I’ve been in America I’ve had trouble making friends. Everyone at school just looks at me and laughs. I don’t understand why. I just want to ask them “Why are you laughing?” or “What’s so funny?”, but I can’t I just can’t. I mean I would, but I don’t know how to speak their language. I’ve been in America for over a week or two, but I still don’t know how to speak their language. At school there is no one that knows how to speak Japanese. That meant...
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...the public to act against the laws and control of England. They were one of the most influential groups behind the American Revolution. The start of the Sons of Liberty is something of a mystery. The group always met in secret and it is disputed where it all began. Some say it started in New York and some will say under the leadership of Samuel Adams the Boston chapter was first. One thing is certain though, they all had the same goal, to organize public opinion and coordinate patriotic actions against Great Britain. The Sons of Liberty met at night so not to attract the British soldiers and to keep their activities secret until they felt it was time to make them public. One of the main reasons the groups were started was to protest and campaign against the Stamp Act. That was just the start of what the group would protest against and continue to fight for liberty against Britain. The Sons of Liberty name actually came from a speech given to parliament by Colonel Isaac Barre, “the behavior of Britain’s officials toward Americans on many occasions has caused the blood of those Sons of Liberty to recoil within them”, which wasn’t intended to imply disloyalty towards the crown but when word got back to the colonies and they saw his words they used them to their benefit. Barre made it known he thought it was ridiculous Americans owed Britain any money and the debt they now had from the Seven Years’ War was Britain’s responsibility. Britain, however, was still moving forward...
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...Ellis Island was the main immigration reception center in the United States from 1892 to 1943. Most of the immigrants were very poor and hoping to build a better life for themselves and their families. Some were escaping religious persecution, a bad economy, or various political problems. They came to America in crowded steamships. When they got to Ellis Island, they had to be examined by the doctors there. Some were then sent back to Europe because they weren’t healthy. The majority of the immigrants got to stay in America, though. Americans were anything but welcoming to the immigrants at first. They were regarded with prejudice and suspicion. Nativists were among the most unwelcoming to immigrants. Nativism, essentially, is the belief that...
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...her own convince. As she kept dropping in and out of her life she threw her own problems at the children including, new boyfriends, money, and attitude problems. This had a major effect on Reyna the one women that was always support to be there to help a support her constantly disappointed her. The breaking point was when she found out that her mother was in America about fifteen minutes away from her but did not come to see her and her siblings. Another significant loss was having to move from Iguala Mexico to L.A. Reyna faced a major culture shock. The family had to go from being free citizens to illegal immigrants having to...
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