Colonization

If Zerubavel were asked the question: “Did Christopher Columbus discover America?” he would say that he did not discover it. Zerubavel defends his argument that Columbus does not deserve the credit for discovering America in “Terra Cognita: The Mental Discovery of America” based on how we define discovery. There are...

The history of territorial and cultural conquests can provide valuable insight into a region and help us to understand the political and economic climate of the world today. An example of this effect can be seen in how native Brazilian life was changed, not always for the better, when Portugal...

Chapter five of The American Promise details the realities of life in Colonial America. It deals most principally with the single force that helped to build the colonies – the brutal slave trade. Roark writes of this, “Both groups illustrate the undertow of violence and deceit beneath the surface of...

Colonial America had three main colonies which were grouped into three; the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies, and New England. In addition to the three main colonies, there was an area known as the Backcountry which was mainly swampland where making a living was very difficult. Each of these colonies...