Lord Selkirk Research Paper

The United States of America is a declining global power related to the never-ending war, lack of political cohesion and the greed of Americans to self-indulge rather than attempt to make the U.S. a better place as a whole. The U.S. showed its vulnerability when New York City was attacked, the twin towers destroyed and thousands of innocent lives were lost, an event forever known as 911. How could such an event like this happen to the so-called superpower known as the United States of America? As stated on page 2 of the readings, the defense department was not defending their own borders. They were too busy defending other countries. While it is important as a superpower to help others in need, a government should first have all matters

He thought if army’s pushed them onto reservations and forced them to stay there they would become a part of American civilization. They would give them education in hope of Americanizing the Indians. It worked for the most part. Today we see Indians that live on reserves. They can speak English and go by American laws for the most part.

The question that is brought up is not that of sex, but it is that of aboriginals in Canada. The question that is asked is should there be an aboriginal self-government? If the government were to go ahead and give the natives there own government they would be losing money and would most likely have angry taxpayers after their asses for the rest of there sorry political lives. The government would also have to deal with a swarm of Quebecans that would be harassing them because of their decision to give the natives their own government, because of their 1995 appeal to separate from Canada. The Quebecans would believe that if the natives get what they want, they should also get what they want.

The purpose of this Act was to trade for Native American territory on the Great Plains so that the Americans could further expand their opportunities and economy. However, this Act showed Jackson’s selfish and unjust personality because it violated several treaties with the Natives that promised them peace and their territories

dream but the dreams of many men at that time for a piece of land of

In 1763 many things affected the colonists everyday lives. The French and Indian War, or Seven Years War, had just come to an end and the British government decided it needed to gain more control over the American Colonies that were previously independent. Parliament wanted to have complete authority over the thirteen colonies, however this was hard for them to do due to the overwhelming amount of land they seized after defeating the French in the war and the amount of Native American revolts there were due to the English settling on this land. Thus, the Proclamation of 1763 was born.

The Native Americans killed the British colonists who moved onto the land they just won in war. The Proclamation of 1763 was a law issued by King George of England. This Proclamation was written for the British colonists and the Native American. What was the Proclamation of 1763 and how did it lead to the Revolutionary War?

Explain Governor John Winthrop’s legal and biblical justification for seizing Indian land. His legal justification was that the tribes failed to subdue their land. He did not fence his land with agriculture and ranching purposes. He did not take advantage of what he had to make any profit out of it.

Douglas was born in Brandon, Vermont in 1813, and raised in New England (Capers, 1959, pg 5). His family could not afford for him to attend law school in New England, so he went to Illinois, where anyone could practice law, even without prior schooling (Capers, 1959, pg 8). Eventually, he came a Senator of Illinois, on the Senate Committee on Territories (Vanderford, 2009). When his first wife died, he toured Europe to cope with her death. When he returned home to Illinois, he began to speculate the land, and eventually his profits came from Chicago real estate (Capers, 1959, pg 76). In the 1850’s, the states of the Northwest began to demand money from the Federal government for internal improvements. Douglas used his political influence to help campaign for expansion in the west. A transcontinental railroad was planned to be constructed to help connect the United States. Since a central route had not been placed for the railroad yet, Douglas campaigned for the railroad to have a central route stop in Chicago (Capers, 1959, pg 90). This is an example of Douglas’ selfishness because he had stock invested in real estate in Chicago, and if the railroad was built going through Chicago, Illinois, then Douglas would benefit financially. Douglas then pushed to organize the Nebraska territory, so the railroad could reach from Chicago to places out on the Pacific coast. The northerners favored the railroad going through this unorganized Indian territory to link Chicago to the Pacific (Myers, 2010). The people of the south opposed this because they reminded them of the Indians that had been relocated by the Indian Removal Act (Capers, 1959, pg 92). When the Indian Removal Act was passed, Indians who primarily resided in the southeast were relocated onto reservations west of the Mississippi, which happened to be in the Nebraska territory. Douglas saw to resolve this issue by drafting the Kansas

His ability to read and write gave him opportunity, a chance for hope. As every opportunity presented itself to Douglas, he would take it – from bribing the little boys on the street with pieces of bread in exchange for bits of knowledge to carving letters into driftwood – and make it into a beneficial situation. Douglas’ greatest benefit from learning to read and write, however, was that he could now compose complete thoughts to paper and convey them to other people. This has allowed others to benefit from his work even after his passing. Fredrick Douglas educated himself because he thought it held value, something that could not be taken away from him. There are two main reasons Fredrick educated himself.

This idea is more deeply considered in a later chapter. The chapter is mainly about Ray and Grant taking a train to their new freighter jobs that will take them all the way from the Pacific to Europe. While on the train, Ray’s mind begins to wonder, and he becomes fixated on the importance of race at that point. It is stated on page 267, “No wonder the whites, after five centuries of contact, could not understand his race. How could they when the instinct of comprehension had been cultivated out of them?” McKay says a lot this phrase. He says to the reader that the only reason why white people don’t connect with black people is because white culture in general had eliminated any kind of want to understand anyone who wasn’t white. It is evident

Thinking back, I had become a diplomat, politician, and entrepreneur. I had also contributed significantly to help this nation become Canada. My father was the agent for a Canadian land company in the "new world" who wanted to help those in need due to the war of 1812. Finally, I went to the new world and arrived at Sherbrooke, (Quebec) Canada in 1835, where I worked as a bookkeeper for the British North American Land Company co-founded by my father( John Galt). I later became a commissioner through drafting analysis of how the company would be extending payments. In 1840 the higher ups in England were happy with my work and asked me to return to England. I did what I was told and returned. In November 1842 I returned to Sherbrooke, Canada,

The royal proclamation was made by king George 3th the photo on the top is an example of the royal proclamation. The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763 that stopped the 7 years of war between the french and the Britain, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain's victory over France and Spain was happening around the Seven Years War. The significance of the Peace Treaty of Paris 1783 is that The American Revolutionary War was formally ended. The British understood the independence of the United States. The colonial empire of Britain was destroyed in North America.

The Metis people of Canada descend from French settlers who married Native wives. Though recognized as an independent nation, the Metis often experienced hardship and the denial of their true history. David Bouchard writes a poetic tribute to his Native ancestors in this bilingual book, which is in Michif as well as English. Also included is an audio CD which has readings in English, French and Michif and a song by a Metis

Mcdougall was furious as he is opposed to the metis he decided to send one of his men who went by the name Provencher to go talk to Riel. Once Provencher reached the territory he spoke to Riel who explained that the people were not opposed to the thought of Mcdougall being Lieutenant-Governor they were just "hoping to achieve a democratically elected government". Later in the reading Macdonald feels that the it will be hard to get the people off the land so he decides to forge the queens signature on a royal proclamation and gets it published in the newspaper called "the nor'wester". When the people see the royal proclamation they are stunned. Also we are introduced to another character John Schultz when he say the royal proclamation he told others he heard that Colonel Dennis was organizing men at the stone fort to force Riel to comply with the queens wishes and he wished to join them. When Riel saw the proclamation he didn't believe it was real and thought the signature was forged he immediately went down to the newspaper and threatened to shut it down for printing