North America Essay Examples

The Antebellum period in American history (1800-1850) was marked by sectionalism, particularly due to the acquisition of new territories during western expansion. This further divided different regions of America, as the Southern states sought new territories for slave labor while the North aimed to limit slavery’s expansion. While tensions between the North and South were […]

From 1565 to 1815, during the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade, Filipinos were forced to work as sailors and navigators on board Spanish Galleons. Borah E. (2004) In 1595 the Filipino sailors were abroad the San Agustin, commanded by Sebastian Rodriguez Carmeno, when it shipwrecked near Point Reyes by the mouth of San Francisco bay, California on […]

The motivations of Spanish, French, and English explorers varied, but in certain aspects, they overlapped. One shared goal among all three was to discover the Northwest Passage, a direct and efficient route believed to lead to the wealthy Orient, renowned for its spices, silk, and prosperity. Another common objective was to acquire new territories and […]

I feel with reading both sides of the argument I still have to agree with Morgan and saying that Jamestown was a true Lupe fiasco. The mistakes made by the early settlers at Jamestown, which threatened their survival. In fact the first day that the Europeans came over and the Indians of the Cape Henry […]

Beringia, a geographical feature connecting present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia, served as a land bridge during the Pleistocene ice ages. It reached its largest size around 1,000 years ago. This land bridge played a crucial role in enabling the migration of people from Asia to the Americas approximately 25,000 years ago. This event is known […]

After reading Carlos Fuentes’ book, “The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World”, he devoted a section to Bartolome de Las Casas which allowed the reader to capture his unique perspective (32-38). In the introductory text before the reading of “The Brief History of the Destruction of the Indies” (as read in class), […]

The expansion of slavery was a mere consequence of the otherwise successful Manifest Destiny. Money runs the world. There is no doubt that acquiring resources and expanding a nation is necessary for the existence of a country. Americans realized this and was in dire need of expanding. Expanding lands offer many more resources and more […]

North American Indian Timeline (1492-1999) 1492 From their nakedness, Columbus inferred the native people to be an inferior race. Columbus wrote of the Indians he encountered, “They all go around as naked as their mothers bore them; and also the women. ” However, he noted that “they could easily be commanded and made to work, […]

New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 2009 II. Frethorne talks about his miserable experience to be an indentured server. He writes the letter to his parents and describes the horrendous conditions he is in. Frethorne states some vital facts. 1 He also writes that people who suffer as indentured servants are willing to lose either […]

f the United States of America, a vast nation that arose from a scattering of British colonial outposts in the New World. The first humans to inhabit the North American continent were migrants from northeast Asia who established settlements in North America as early as 8000 BC and possibly much earlier . By about AD […]

“…Finally, because South Carolina, from her climate, situation, and peculiar institutions, is, and must ever continue to be, wholly dependent on agriculture and commerce, not only for prosperity , but for her existence as a state…” (Boller, pg.110) -John C Calhoun: South Carolina explosion and Protest (1828) While the north was undergoing an “industrial revolution,” […]