The main motive that pushed the Europeans to migrate to America was the search of a better life, one free of troublesome, one with religious freedom and one that they can succeed in. http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view_print.php?book=6522). History texts places a huge responsibility on Religion being the biggest motive for the Europeans moving to America being that in Europe there was a single state of religion that had to be practiced by all. Although, religious freedom was key to the Puritans, Quakers, Catholics, and Baptists that migrated to America, it was by no means the sole factor as seemingly suggested in many textbooks. 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.
It was easier and quicker to be able to talk to other people or meet up with family. So overall new railroads did really help people socially. The next reason why the developments in transportation brought about social and economic change in the United States was because of all the different types of transportation. One of the new types of transportation throughout this time period were the steamboats invented by Robert Fulton. The steamboats really helped with trading goods with other countries.
The settlers here hoped to find gold , riches, spices, and an avenue to Asia for more wealth. They hoped to bring back their loot to Europe to make more money and become prosperous. Unfortunately, they had struggled with their beginnings and did not thrive and succeed until many learned lessons. Luckily, they were welcomed by the local Native American Indians, the Powhatans, who
Chapter 13 1.) The westward movement entangled the United States in the affairs of foreign powers when we came into contact of previously existing Natives and Spanish that lived on the land that we were expanding towards. That involved us in military affairs with other countries. On page 424, it explains that Spain held title to most of the trans-Mississippi west property and that for the last hundred years or so were expanding and settling, and tried only to fail to keep people from migrating to that area. It goes on to explain that Americans before the great migration of the 1840s migrated for the attraction of fur businesses.
But after the collapse of Rome, Persia, and Han or classical societies, trading fell. In addition to, once the Mongols took power in 1200 CE, trade along the Silk Road increased. This is because of the safety of the Silk Road because the Mongols protected it. Interactions on the Silk Road changed as related to amount of trading because different societies had different economies and different technologies. Classical societies traded in the Silk Road because it was the fastest and cheapest to do.
Ramsay Cook’s article, “The Social and Economic Frontier in North America” provides evidence of the first relationships and trade between the Natives and the first Europeans to arrive in North America. Similarly, Cornelius J. Jaenen’s reading, “Amerindian Views of the French Culture in the Seventeenth Century” has argumentative information about the relationships the Indians and Europeans formed, based on their trading goods. Also, this essay acknowledges Bruce G. Trigger’s ideas from his article, “The French Presence in Huronia: The Structure of Franco-Huron Relations in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century” about the negative turn in relationships between the Indians and Europeans during the fur-trade. The fur trade played a significant role in determining the dynamics of the relationship between the Indians and Europeans. The relationship was positive at the beginning of the Native-European contact because of their reliance on each other for trade goods but in turn, negative consequences of Native-European contact arose during the fur trade which resulted in the relationships becoming weakened and problematic.
It means that some Europeans, because of their situations, could not go to the New World; so they decided to put themselves at the service of somebody else for a definite period in order to reach the Americas and start a new life. They were as slaves. Another fact is that Europe got a richer nutrition thanks to all the crops raised in America. Moreover there was the decrease of the American population because of the diseases brought by the Europeans such a smallpox. To summarize we can say that here again, Europe was the dominant nation because it gained on economic and social aspects.
Student: Marko Simovic Date: 9/21/2011 Subject: History 201 Teacher: Patrick O’Neil The significance of Native American and European interactions After Europeans discovered American continents and started exploring it, they found out that this continent was already inhabited by culturally and socially completely different people that they referred as Indians. The clash of these two totally different civilizations brought us to an entirely new era; the era of massive migrations that shaped the world map and brought the picture of world we know today. This encounter had many influences on both cultures; challenging Europeans conquer abilities and in same time giving Indians a sharp look on how does Eastern part of world looks like. When Europeans first came to North America, they did not have much respect for Indian culture and their way of living, calling them savage, lawless and rude without any laws or society organization. They are I
The Native American Indians lived here for thousands of years before the Europeans arrived to lay claim to of the land for themselves. The American Indian is defined by the indigenous people of the area that is known as the United States. The Native Americans lived here for thousands, even millions of years before the Europeans arrived to lay their claim on the land Because of the mass of the land and the vast differences in the environment, families, or clans joined together to form tribes. The leaders of the tribes were called Chiefs. Who would make the decisions when the tribal council would meet?
Experiences of the Native American Sheila Barkwell Cultural Diversity 09/08/2013 Rich Urfer Experience of the Native American The Native American are an important part of American history. At one time Native Americans lived peacefully and were content and established with their lands. Then, there came a time when they were forced to fight to protect their lands. Many Native Americans were killed while others were forced off of their lands by U.S. laws that were passed by various United States Presidents. This paper will demonstrate the different challenges that the Native American had to endure throughout history, and often still do.