difficult history‚ yet still turning that eye away from a history with a side to be celebrated. I instead ask of you to celebrate Columbus Day‚ learn the full history‚ including the wrong doings of Columbus and his crew‚ and celebrate the good change brought about by this event that ultimately led to the lifestyle you lead today. If the wrongs of every event in history were to be scrutinized would we have a history left to celebrate? Think of the reasons why we celebrate a moment in history‚ and then
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included the outbreak of disease‚ which led to a sudden drop in the population of the indigenous peoples. In the beginning of the sixteenth century Spanish and Portuguese explorers brought with them “…infectious and other contagious diseases such as smallpox‚ measles‚ whopping cough‚ diphtheria‚ and influenza.” The most infamous and devastating disease was smallpox‚ which proved to be a very painful and deadly disease for the indigenous people. However‚ Europeans in the New World did not experience a high
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could say that yes‚ the world was never the same again and another could say that no‚ this discovery did nothing to change the world. I believe that when Christopher Columbus discovered the New World‚ it did in fact change the world in terms of population‚ new food to trade‚ and religion. When Christopher Columbus came to the New World‚ he originally thought that he had arrived in India. He wanted to find a direct water route from Europe to Asia‚ instead he arrived on a Bahamian Island. Although
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Christopher Columbus and Bartolome de Las Casas were two men placed in a position of authority over many tribal peoples during the Spanish exploration and conquest of the New World. Representing Christ as a Christian and the Spanish Crown as a chosen representative‚ Columbus formulated a view of the American savages favorable to the Spanish and based on commercial reality. Again representing Christ as a Christian but also the Roman Catholic Church as a priest‚ Las Casas thought of the Indians mainly
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After centuries of the United States Government ignoring and mistreating the Indigenous people of this land‚ the Alcatraz occupation in 1969 led by righteous college students‚ became the longest Indian occupation of federal ground in the history of the United States and a landmark for Indian self-determination. The documentary‚ Alcatraz is Not an Island‚ describes the occupation that made Alcatraz a symbol for Indigenous people as motivation to stand up against the cruelty that they have experienced
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economic opportunities available in the New World‚ agricultural exchanges between the two regions led to exchanges of other items. Within decades of Columbus’ voyages‚ the trans Atlantic slave trade had begun and hundreds of thousands of native Americans died of diseases brought to America by Europeans and Africans. The early Spanish conquistadors brought gunpowder and the horse to America as well as the Catholic Christian Church. Indeed‚ the conquistadors brought priests with them and established
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1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States? Howard Zinn’s main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States is to give history in an un-biased manner. For example‚ he says that he will not glorify any movement and denounce any ‘bad guy’ in history; he will give information as it should be given. Fairly. 2. What is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11? His thesis for the first eleven pages is to describe past events as they happened
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point evident when he writes‚ “I felt convinced that Christ died for all mankind--that age‚ sect‚ colour‚ country‚ or situation‚ made no difference. I felt an assurance that I was included in the plan of redemption with all my brethren.”. Although indigenous‚ enslaved and indentured men and women were allowed to participate in the Methodist movement‚ this by no means meant that it was a movement for them. Members of the Great Awakening supported the participation of these oppressed groups‚
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policy so that resources are allocated on the basis of indigenous health. The development of the campaign and the various tactics employed have enabled the issues of indigenous health rights to come to light as a serious matter amongst the general public‚ political parties‚ organisations‚ media etc. The campaign and the information kits readily available are a practical way of promoting the indigenous health issue to a wide variety of people. The development of this campaign has enabled the wider
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regions was the spread of new diseases causing a decline in the growth of both the America’s and Europe’s population. However‚ the impact tended to be much more negative for the Americans. Through the Columbian exchange the Europeans brought multiple new diseases to the Native American population‚ including small pox. The coming of these diseases had such a great influence and caused the population to decrease so much it became known as the great dying. On the other hand‚ new diseases were being brought
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