Criminalization Of Immigrants In The General History Of Virginia By Captain Smith

Immigration has made a negative and positive effect on America and the lives who've settled there by creating criminalization of people with color, developing opportunities, and increasing agricultural trade.

First off, America has made a negative impact on settlers lives by creating criminalization of people with color. In the short story “The General History of Virginia” by John Smith, Captain Smith characterizes the Indians: “...Powhatan more like a devil than a man, with some two hundred more as black as himself, came unto him and told him now that they were friends…” (Smith 8). In this quote, Captain Smith shows how people of color are portrayed as inherently evil and demonized in the society and this is why people are scared of immigration and immigration reform. In conclusion, Captain Smith portrayed the Indians as barbaric characters even though he was unfamiliar with them and situations like this causes settlers to be fearful of immigration.

On the other hand, America has made a positive impact on settlers lives by creating opportunities for settlers to lose their past and join the optimistic country of America. In the book Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Amir finds happiness in America: “America was different. America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past. I could wade
In the story “Coming of Age in the Dawnland” by Charles C. Mann, agricultural trade was innovated: “Around two thousand years ago, Hopewell jumped into prominence...establishing a trade network that covered most of North America” (Mann 25). This quote illustrates how settlers enlarged agricultural trade because Hopewell which is a Native American culture, introduced monumental earthworks to America as well as agriculture. To sum up, Hopewell helped revolutionize agricultural trade by bringing new forms of monumental earthworks and agriculture to