Which document are you writing about? (Give the title, when possible.) What kind of document is it? (Letter, speech, code of law, etc.) (5 points)
His tract depicts how the English viewed all Native Americans as savages, whether Christian or not. This works into Mary Rowlandson account, where she describes Indians as vicious savages and her own capture being punishment from God due to her own lackadaisical Christian worship. Here in lines the great contradictions that plagued the two cultures, it is evident that religion was not what drove the war, it was the differing views by two very different
The peasants disliked quite a few things and in 1524-1526 they expressed the ideas of them being equal with their lords (masters), and to be led and taught about the Lutheran religion. Document One states, “The peasants are blinded, led astray, and made witless.” meaning that they had no guide or source of the Lutheran teachings. The peasants wanted to be with the lords in church to get a proper knowledge of Lutheranism,. However, the lords did not want them to cause trouble in their church
The Converso community changed drastically during Yonah Toledano’s lifetime. Starting at the moment when the expulsion from Spain was first announced, “Almost one-third of the Jews became conversos because they feared the terrible dangers of travel, or out of love for a Christian, or they had achieved position and comfort they couldn’t bring themselves to renounce, or they had had enough of being despised” (37). Jews who refused to convert were threatened to be killed. Sometimes when a member of a Jewish family converted, their family would say the Kaddish for them as if they had died. The conversos were not usually treated as Old Christians were.
As Europeans began to infiltrate the territory the Cherokee nation inhabited in the mid-1700s, Cherokee men’s power increased, drawing them into more traditional masculine roles. However, Cherokee women, Perdue argues, maintained their roles and power within the nation. She posits that their influence may
For example, Dowd talks about how the people banded together to finally see themselves as "Indians," and to separate themselves from the teachings of the colonists. On the other hand, Calloway chooses to look at an Indian trying to accommodate through the view as somebody looking in at the
In the eyes of officials, the Cherokee had knowledge and were more civilized than other “savages” (Document M). The Cherokee were the favored tribe because they not only had schools, but were able to teach the children of the tried traditional gender roles and chores (Document J). The Cherokee had their own alphabet by the 1820s (Document K) and some half-breed Cherokee had even climbed the social ladder to the point of owning slaves (Document L) The Cherokee and the U.S were on fine terms until resentment and nativism disintegrated the bond. Even though the Cherokee were so advanced, white officials still believed the Native Americans to be inferior and less of a race compared to them. It was still the burden and duty of the white men to civilize the Natives at all costs necessary (Document I).
The land you live on today is legally the land of the United States. But did you ever stop to think who this land belongs to before it came in the hands of the U.S? Well, of course not. Its because the Indians whose lives and souls were once dedicated to this very land have been pushed into mini little reservations without a single consent from their side. This all happened due to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 which was brought to the attention of Congress in a special meeting by President Andrew Jackson.
The Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention and Protection Act (JJDPA) was established in 1974 and was the first federal law that dealt comprehensively with juvenile delinquency to improve the juvenile justice system and support state and local efforts at delinquency prevention. This paper will assess the JJDPA and summarize its purpose and implementation and enforcement. Next, there will be a discussion of the historical context of the policy; followed by a focus of the latent consequences. Finally there will be a vignette as to how this Act has affected a person or family as well as personal reflection toward the policy.
Wax and Robert K. Thomas author of “American Indians and White People” wrote a paper to compare both cultures in effort to create a vivid image generalizing which is more superior. Wax and Thomas wrote, “The white man that finds himself in an unstructured… situation is trained to react with a great deal of activity… but the Indian, put in the same place is brought up to remain motionless and watch” (Wax and Thomas 306). It is self-evident that someone that is comfortable and feels dominant will not be afraid to stand up for something they believe in whereas the individual that has any regulations against him (like the commandments) is afraid to speak up and get in
The Daodejing, similar to the Analects, was written during the Warring State period, a time when the Zhou kingdom disintegrated into a series of feudal states fighting for power—a time of fragmentation and chaos. The Daodejing was written for Daoist, educated men, and people interested in Daoist teachings. The Daodejing was written to inform people, therefore, it was written as if speaking to a student. Laozi, the author of the Daodejing, although has no proof of existence, is believed to be a keeper of archives in the royal court and a teacher who travelled around China. The purpose of the Daodejing is to articulate Laozi’s ideas on Daosim and inform people about his philosophy.
From the informative essay and a speech by a president at the time, both have an intended purpose, to educate the reader or to persuade them. While both have similar information on the causes and effects of the Dust Bowl their intended purpose changes the meaning and view of the event in history to the reader. In the end both accounts describe the event in their own ways. While the point of view is different the end goal is the same. Boths texts go into detail on the effects of the Dust Bowl.
Jose Romo History 101 Wednesday breakout session Primary Source paper #2 Question # 1 October 28th, 2015 "There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice" Charles de Montesquieu. These words by Montesquieu seem to fit not only the American Revolution but also the Cherokee Removal. The actions of some of the Cherokee people that refused to give up their ancestral land may support the “uncivilized barbaric savages” claims of the Americans of European ancestry; however, the primary source documents in "The Cherokee Removal" demonstrate a different interpretation of the Cherokee people and their struggles as well as vindicate their actions. First, the primary source documents in "The
I have chosen to write a review of the movie “I am Sam” because it is a powerful, emotional film about love, the family bonds, and parenting challenges. The main character, Sam, lived in Los Angeles, CA in the 1990s. Sam has the mental capacity of seven years old, he works at Starbucks and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandoned them after she gave birth to his daughter. Sam is an avid Beatles fan and named his daughter Lucy Diamond after the Beatles song. Sam’s mental impairments are autistic tendencies and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
