did the colonists expand westward? Well at the time the colonists were very close together on the east coast and many people wanted to explore their living westward away from most of the civilization‚ to make their own. I am thankful for westward expansion because I live in west. The westward expansion was a great help to everyday life. This had great exploration westward for the brave people that decided to endure this excruciating journey. The people that expanded westward had to endure great challenges
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The United States has always been a country of expansion; from the time when Colonists wanted to live past the Appalachian Mountains to the time when we expanded to Alaska‚ Hawaii‚ and the Caribbean Islands. Throughout our time as an independent nation‚ our methods of expansion have both changed in drastic measure and followed the processes we used for Westward Expansion. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ the expansion of the United States continued as it had in the past and
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Throughout history‚ expansion was a common action for a country. The United States was growing at a considerable rate‚ making it was understandable to want to obtain more land. The issue how they went about obtaining it. Thomas Jefferson had two men‚ Lewis and Clark‚ travel west of the states to find a trade route and explore the land to see if the nation could expand. He‚ along with Andrew Jackson‚ showed that westward expansion is needed because the land helps support people by providing resources
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My Religion My Tribe‚ My Life: The Importance of women in Native American Religion Introduction "In February 1757‚ the great Cherokee leader Attakullakulla arrived in South Carolina to negotiate trade agreements with the governor and was shocked to find that no white woman was present. Because Cherokee women regularly advised his nations council on matters of war and peace."# For many years a lot had said about Native American religion. From the believing in spirituality to the Sun
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commonalities do you find among the different representations here of Native American women? What different? The European portray Native American as uncivilized‚ barbaric‚ and cannibalistic. The Europeans would painted the Native American women as idealized represented of what women should look and be like using European women as their model. The women in art showed aspects of virtue and liberty. The artist would paint these women in such a way to encourage people to explore the New World. The artist
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talks about the process of the westward expansion and what happened behind closed curtains. Morgan shows how westward expansion was very good for America and helped us get more land. I agree that westward expansion helped america in many ways‚ but I do not agree with the way that the people in charge handled taking care of the indians. In the book‚ “Undaunted Courage” by Stephen A. Ambrose talks about how Thomas Jefferson was the main reason for westward expansion. However‚ in Morgan’s article‚
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French was massive because it had a different effect on many people which included women‚ Native Americans‚ and enslaved African Americans. The women never really had a reason to think on such an opinion that was man based. Since‚ their only thoughts should be on the home‚ children‚ and cooking food‚ not something as land in which business comes into play in life. The quote “It’s all about land” but what would women do with it since work did not apply to them at this time during the Louisiana Purchase
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Jefferson really wanted to move westward and begin to gain all of that land. He was willing to work with the Indians but‚ they did not want to work with him. They had one way of viewing what they had and the way that they were suppose to live. That was to have as much land as possible so that they could hunt and properly provide for the tribe. Jefferson had the solution of trying to expand their thinking. He wanted to teach them how to be farms and grow things. They did not need all of that land
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The extent to which western expansion affected the lives of Native Americans is extreme. The natives weren’t made aware of the damage that was going to be caused by western expansion‚ they were essentially forced to comply‚ and the United States didn’t express the care for the native people that they should’ve humanely expressed. These points carry evidence in the form of documents‚ and will be elaborated in this essay. When the whites of the United States began preaching of their “manifest destiny”
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did household work. The woman has no authority over the man and never question him. 2. In a women family she had no power over her family. Helping her husband with labor work was not something that she had to do. Only thing that she was able to do was house work and given birth to children. In her social life it depend on her circumstance but most of the women were feme covert. Feme covert is when a women cannot own property‚ bring suit‚ make contracts‚ or act as legal individual. 3.The females could
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