Capture of Atahualpa | This article is written like a personal reflection or essay rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject. Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style. (February 2008) | After his victory over his brother, Atahualpa began his southward march from Quito to claim the Inca throne in Cuzco. Atahualpa had heard tales of "white bearded men" (i.e. the Spanish and Portuguese) .
The French were the first to try and build a canal across South America, starting in 1882. Before they could start work, they needed to secure a concession from the Columbian government, which controlled Panama at that time. However, their project failed, thousands of workers died (mainly from disease,) and the company went bankrupt six years later, in 1888. Meanwhile, nationalism was stirring in Panama. An agreement was made with the US government that if the US would help Panama gain their independence, they would allow the canal to be built.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Texas was a component of USA as per the Louisiana Purchase, however in 1819, Spain was granted the State during Florida negotiations. Mexico, together with Texas, gained independence by 1820 and the USA twice attempted in vain to have Mexico sell Texas to it. Texas was annexed by the USA after American immigrants settled in Texas prompting the outbreak of the May 1846 Mexican War. At annexation time, Mexico, after persuasion by Britain, had conceded to recognize Texas as an independent state provided that Texas would not join the USA. The USA therefore argued that it was not invading Mexican territory by annexing Texas since Texas had been independent nine years prior to the annexation.
Panama Crisis * Theodore Roosevelt, who became president of the United States in 1901, believed that a U.S.-controlled canal across Central America was a vital strategic interest to the U.S. * The Panama Canal would shorten the distance that ships had to travel to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The canal would permit shippers of commercial goods, ranging from automobiles to grain, to save time and money by transporting cargo more quickly. * Failed negotiations with Colombia, which owned Panama, led to the U.S. providing funds and a naval blockade in support of Panama's revolution. In a controversial move, Roosevelt implied to Panamanian rebels that if they revolted, the U.S. Navy would assist their cause for independence.
Edgar for land to raise cotton, the settlers pressured the federal government to acquire of Indian Territory. Andrew Jackson from Tennessee was a forceful proponent of Indian Removal. He alleged a removal policy was beneficial to the Indians. From 1814 to 1824 Jackson was in negotiating nine the west. The tribes agreed to the treaty for strategic reason.
Shawnett Foster 11/12/2014 To My (White) Friend Dear Jessica, MTV is airing a ton of commercials for their Look Different campaign. I’ve seen ones for Jews, Blacks and Guatemalans. I’m waiting to see if they air one of Native Americans and will keep you posted on the outcome. November is Native American History Month, which is ironic since it’s also the same month the nation celebrates with thanks the conquering of the so-called “New World” by your ancestors (Prichard). That’s how we’re introduced in the history books, like an afterthought.
Vinton E. Breedlove Western Governors University American Me, by Ninfa Miranda-Maloney, is about an immigrant from Mexico who comes to America searching for the American dream. She shows a racial aspect when she says, “kissed your white land, broke my back, sweat a few tears for a piece of the dream”, (Maloney, n.d. lines 27, 28, 29). The Mexican worker is working extremely hard for a white man on his white land. The line, “Fifty years of American me, still smell the onions on my fingertips,” (Maloney, n.d. lines 31, 33, 34), shows social aspects. The worker still works in the onion field 50 years after he came to America.
Second Letter of Hernan Cortes to Charles V The Second Letter of Hernan Cortes, sent to Charles V, presents a portrait of the new world, the Indians and their costumes before colonization. This second relation follows the journey of Hernan Cortez to Mexico City- Temixtitlan- to meet Moctezuma and describe the villages find around. Cortes in this letter takes care of communicating to the king of Spain the presence of gold and justifies their actions against the Indians. Furthermore, Cortes wants to justify all that has made against the Spanish soldiers and the conflict among themselves. Cortes does a thorough description of the new world, the wonders of the cities that is watching his step and compares somewhat with some cities in Spain, for the king has a clue as how they are, but he clarifies that he does not have words to describe its beauty.
Pamela Kipe Mr. Harris AP Language & Composition November 21, 2014 Rhetorical Analysis Portfolio Project - Frank Rich 9/11 Reflection Year after year when 9/11 comes around, Americans demonstrate their love for their country in patriotic lengths. Flags at half-staff, hundreds flocking to the symbiotic Ground Zero, where just thirteen years ago stood the roaring World Trade Towers, the monetary heart of New York City. Frank Rich proclaims his proposition, in an essay in New York Magazine, on how the attacks on 9/11 did not unify our country, despite the fact that that was supposedly former President George Bush’s objective, but rather ripped us apart. Rich’s use of a formal yet sarcastic tone accompanied with his diction and verifiable facts he gathered demonstrates just how 9/11 did not bring us together as a nation. “National unity proved to be short-lived,” is right.
Mexican American Discrimination Irving Omar Jimenez Axia College of University of Phoenix The Mexican migration into the United States has been dated back to the 19th century. It is believed that one of the main reasons for the migration originated from President Porfirio Diaz’s financial expansion plan. His strategy was to improve Mexico’s image in hopes of obtaining foreign investment. The plan was to construct a railroad system that would simplify the access for raw material from Mexico for the Americans. Three of the states where the majority of immigrants settled in were California, Arizona and Texas.