They came for a variety of reasons, but all wanted a better life. Carving a better life out of the vast wilderness the early colonists found in North America challenged even the hardiest of those early pioneers. In England and in much of Europe, the poor were chronically unemployed, and opportunities to rise out of poverty were scarce; by comparison, almost any alternative might have seemed promising, Europe in 1600 had lots of push. On the other hand, conditions in early America were difficult, to say the least, but the “pull factor” was helped by what can only be characterized as propaganda. Proprietors of the companies that sponsored American colonies quickly realized that settlers were needed if their investments were to show a return, and their efforts to recruit settlers made the New World appear far more attractive than conditions warranted.
Settlers continued to come to the America colonies, Scotch-Irish and Swiss settlers came, too, in search of a better life, wanting to have land of their own and enough food to fill their hungry stomachs. ( http://voices.yahoo.com/the-motives-prompted-various-european-groups-6438798.html?cat=37) In general, however, most historians attribute colonization to mixed causes. The thirst for land. The need for resources to support growing populations in Europe. The desire
Throughout the journey, they documented over hundreds of plant and animal species, providing a better understanding of the habitats, ranges, characteristics of numerous species. One of the most significant contributions of the expedition was a better knowledge of the geography of the Northwest. They did keep track of their observations of the longitude and latitude, the country’s climate. Another achievement was that the expedition established good connections with some Indian tribes, providing valuable information of the Indian cultures, traditions, languages, customs… as the white Americans wanted to get access to trading rights with the Indians. The expedition also informed the Indians about the new sovereignty of the US over the territory, which helped to force foreign fur trade competitors out of North America.
Combining under one political structure would solve many of the problems and instabilities that they were faced. Corn Laws gave Canadian farmers a market in Britain, which was not available to their American counterparts. Exports were just as valuable to Britain as to Canada. However, when the Corn Laws were repealed by Britain in 1846, the Canadian farmers were now placed in competition with the Americans and other countries for the British markets. This increased stress for the farmers as their main source of income and survival drastically decreased.
Even when they started working they misbehaved. The government created more jobs for everyone and forced others to work for people who didn’t need it, otherwise they would have been sent to a correction facility. Morgan wanted to show how irresponsible the Jamestown citizens were, and comparing them to England was the best way to do it. In England they worked, they farmed, they planted. Cattle, crops, gardens, and they were able to expand to better areas to farm.
Explain why in the years 1906 to 1911, Stolypin attempted to reform agriculture. (12 marks) Stolypin attempted to reform agriculture for many reasons, one of the most important being to strengthen tsarist autocracy. He strongly believed that the future of Russia depended on building a prosperous peasantry. There was widespread rural poverty but an upper class of peasant that farmed efficiently and were wealthier, they were known as the Kulaks. Stolypin believed that the encouragement of a class such as the Kulaks would make them hostile to further change therefore more conservative and loyal to the Tsar as the Tsar had made them wealthy.
Here he felt like he had three identities, but like others and his grandparents in Thailand he felt that he should also ignore people who were prejudice because he had that choice. He felt that if he could still work at achieving the goal he set for himself to ignore the negative and continue to build himself up, that he could someday be accepted for who he was here in America by people. He said that America was the land of opportunity “but with all good land, hard work and patience are needed to harvest crops” (340). From this document my understanding is that not only did people of color dealt with civil rights issues, but immigrants from all places did. Puwat was very strong with holding onto his morals and values coming here, and realizing that his grandparent’s strength and the people from Ar-kong and Ar-ma
In 1607 British first landed on Jamestown, modern day Virginia. They had hoped to receive a good treatment and acceptance from the natives however they faced the disease and starvation in the colony which made it difficult for the colonists to settle. It was trade with Indians, good leadership and Indians teaching how to grow crops enabled the colonist to subsist. A very profitable trade was developed between the Indians and British. Later the indians suspected the colonists wanted to rule them and control the colony.
In turn this may display a certain aggression and lawlessness that was present in 1930’s American society. Another way in which Steinbeck uses the friendship between George and Lennie to convey wider aspects of American society is through their dream to own their own ranch. This links to the concept of the “American Dream”, whereby anyone can achieve what they want given they work hard enough for it. In the book, the reader is the sense that the idea of this “dream” that George and Lennie share
During the formation of the “New World,” colonists experienced different economic, social and psychological situations that helped them lye the foundation for what would later become America. European and Indian interdependence, the development of cash crops, and a wide variety of ethnic and religious diversities all played a key role in the development of America. Interdependence between Indians and Colonists served as beneficial to both. Europeans provided Indians with guns and metal tools, in exchange for Indian labor, furs, and foods like corn and potatoes. Indian familiarity and knowledge of the colonist’s new-found- land was crucial to the survival of the new settlers.