In chapter 1 of Discovering Our Past: The American Journey, by Glencoe, the main idea is exploration and its impact on the Americas. Clearly, exploration made a huge impact on the world by discovering new places, finding new routes, and riches. Portugal and Spain unleashed a new era of exploration by searching for sea routes to Asia by ship, Portugal mainly started the “Age of Exploration” because a sailor named Bartholomeu Dias reached the southern tip of Africa which was new land to them and a little while after, Vasco da Gama found the “long awaited” Sea route to Asia which inspired other people to sail as well. Other people had different goals while exploring the sea, like Ferdinand Magellan who was the leader of the first crew to sail around the world.
It is very easy to take out country and or freedom for granted. For those of use that have always lived here and never seen anything different it is almost impossible to to fully realize how good we really have it. We were not given anything we have today however, it took an extreme amount of hard work and dedication by the leaders of our past. It is impossible to discuss how this country achieved what we have now today without talking about George Washington. Our first presidents, the man who really pulled our country together and helped lay the ground work that we still live by today.
America’s Early Identity America’s early identity was shaped by Europeans, Native American’s and their culture, and God. According to the Scarlet Letter the puritans use the Bible’s commandments and beliefs to shape their society. For example, “The settlers continued to follow their christian values and held each member of their society to the christian standard”. This is saying that each of them were following each of their rules.
In the article “Losing: An American Tradition” the author Charles M. Young argues that there is no such thing as a gracious winner: when a person wins, they receive praise, and praise inevitably leads to an egotistical person. Young also argues that thriving as a loser is shameless: if you are still considered an underdog, but everyone can see that you are trying your hardest, then technically you are winning as a loser and shouldn’t be ashamed of it. Young’s first altercation is that Americans hate losing. He supports this by saying, “Americans love a winner, and will not tolerate a loser.
A People’s History of the United States and A Patriot’s History of the United States explain the history of colonial and revolutionary-era America extremely different. In A People’s History of the United States, it explains history from almost everybody’s point of view. It describes what African-American slaves, white servants, women, children, Native Americans, and white men went through. In A Patriot’s History of the United States, it essentially does the exact opposite. It only explains history through white property owning men’s point of view; it completely ignores everybody else involved.
Essay On Why Abortion Is Immoral This article called “Why Abortion Is Immoral” written by Don Marquis argues and why abortion is prima facie impermissible. Marquis accesses both anti-abortion arguments and also pro-choicer’s claim to protect the legalization of abortion. My paper is going to understand and examine the the both sides arguments, and to attempt to recognize abortion is immoral.
Idiocrasy: America’s Founding Ideals and What Went Wrong “Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever…” were the famous words of Martin Luther King Jr. Perhaps one can remain so not forever, but in America, a very long time. Called a “…beacon for freedom and opportunity” (George W. Bush, 2001), America has prided itself as the champion of its five founding ideals outlined in the Declaration of Independence. These ideals of Equality, Liberty, Opportunity, Democracy, and Rights have not been given justice.
Douglas Lee English l Kizzy Gray 1 February 2023 Compare and contrast Essay Authors use rhetorical devices and appeals to catch the reader's attention. Rhetorical devices are used to trigger emotions of the reader and convince the reader or listener. Rhetorical appeals let the author have a better chance to persuade the reader of the author’s goal. In “ Keep Memory Alive” and “The American Idea” the authors used rhetorical devices and appeals to persuade the reader or the reader what the author is trying to tell the reader.
The ability of being able to vote is a wonderful privilege; voting also gives your vote a say for who is representing our country. Freedom is an excellent opportunity because you are able to choose what you want to say and your religion. These two rights are important to numerous of people because nobody wants to be told what they cannot say or worship. Joining the military is also a joyful experience because you have the choice to fight for your country. Fighting for your country shows that citizens appreciate America and what has done for them.
We Americans take a lot of things for granted, running water, firefighters, police, military, shelter, food, college experience, family, safety from the biggest things to the smallest things, but mostly of freedom, to spend our money like we want
What Will America Be Remembered For? – Sean Smith INTRO When I was younger, the first few years of history class tended to gloss over most of history, leaving only a paragraph or two for each of the big players: Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, etc. What did I expect, we can’t teach kids all of history, we need to shrink every period down to small digestible bites. Here’s the question though: What will America’s paragraph read like?
As an American citizen, I am aware of my rights. I am very thankful for my rights and I am genuinely grateful for the people who served to give me those rights. Over the years, countless wars have been fought for equal rights and freedom. The freedom not just for our country, but for many others too. To emphasize, rights, equality and having a strong government is very important.
America’s gift to our generation, some people may say a wealthy country or a strong military or maybe even a strong justice system. I don’t disagree with them about that all of those are all very good answers and ideas but what I think the country’s greatest gift to us is freedom. Since the beginning of America’s history there was at least one group that was not free whether it was the 13 colonies being under British power the Native Americans being forced to live in reservations or the Slaves being taken from Africa and forced to work we were not free there wasn’t true freedom in America until the late 1800’s when slavery was abolished. Now that all Citizens of America are free to practice any religion to express themselves and the right
“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission,” said John F. Kennedy during his “Buildup of Arms in Cuba” speech. Freedom can mean a lot of things to many different people. To some, freedom is the power to act, speak, or think as one desires. John F. Kennedy expressed freedom as the will of the people.
People need to able to have strong beliefs and fight for them. People can succeed in life by fighting for what they believe in. Those in America have the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, and more. People are given an opportunity to express themselves however they may choose. They are able to succeed in their personal life.
