Columbus And The Conquest Of The New World Essay
“The American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World”
1. Life in the big cities of Europe was rough time. There was a lot of violence, squalor, treachery and intolerance. There was outbreaks of plague and smallpox, also many people contracted measles, influenza, typhoid fever and many more illnesses during this time. In-migration was when the Europeans from the countryside moved to the city to replenish the population that died due to illnesses. If people from the countryside didn’t move to the cities then the cities would be empty and become extinct because all of their people died. The great disparity that existed between the rich and the poor was that the rich ate their food while many hungry people were watching them. The …show more content…
The Deerfield massacre was symbolic of the struggle between England and France for supremacy in North America because during what was known as the “Deerfield massacre” the French-led Indians killed and attacking everyone they came across. The town went to sleep one night and woke up the next morning to a tragedy. Most of the people in Deerfield fled by jumping out windows of off their roofs. The men in Deerfield couldn’t put up a good fight against all the Indians. I think that the Indians sided with the French because they both hated the English.
2. I would say that the little down of Deerfield was definitely an isolated and defenseless town. The population in this town was very small. All of the people living in this town tried to flee from the massacre that was happening. Some men tried to fight the Indians back but there were just not enough men to do so. I think that the French and Indians hoped to gain victory. I think that they were aiming to take the captives and to also destroy the whole village, which is exactly what they did. I would say the raid was definitely a success for the French and Indian forces. The French came out on top after the raid because they unsettled the English
1. Life in the big cities of Europe was rough time. There was a lot of violence, squalor, treachery and intolerance. There was outbreaks of plague and smallpox, also many people contracted measles, influenza, typhoid fever and many more illnesses during this time. In-migration was when the Europeans from the countryside moved to the city to replenish the population that died due to illnesses. If people from the countryside didn’t move to the cities then the cities would be empty and become extinct because all of their people died. The great disparity that existed between the rich and the poor was that the rich ate their food while many hungry people were watching them. The …show more content…
The Deerfield massacre was symbolic of the struggle between England and France for supremacy in North America because during what was known as the “Deerfield massacre” the French-led Indians killed and attacking everyone they came across. The town went to sleep one night and woke up the next morning to a tragedy. Most of the people in Deerfield fled by jumping out windows of off their roofs. The men in Deerfield couldn’t put up a good fight against all the Indians. I think that the Indians sided with the French because they both hated the English.
2. I would say that the little down of Deerfield was definitely an isolated and defenseless town. The population in this town was very small. All of the people living in this town tried to flee from the massacre that was happening. Some men tried to fight the Indians back but there were just not enough men to do so. I think that the French and Indians hoped to gain victory. I think that they were aiming to take the captives and to also destroy the whole village, which is exactly what they did. I would say the raid was definitely a success for the French and Indian forces. The French came out on top after the raid because they unsettled the English