The Beginning Of The Valley Idol Competition Essay

Stephan contemplated before he sat down, pulling the chair out slowly, dreading the family's nightly dinner conversation, what Great Britain was doing wrong. First they moved away to the new land, then Britain gave them grief. The proclamation of 1763, when King George told the colonists not to move westward, and the Indians not to move east, there was almost a hand drawn line. The colonists were not very happy, next year, came the sugar act in 1764. The taxes were high on cloth, sugar, coffee, and wine for the colonists, and the naval officers searched ships carefully to stop smuggling. The colonists were, again, not happy. Now, a year later, was another act, the stamp act, and I bet you can guess, the colonists were not very happy.

On September 8, 2000, the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) made a formal apology for the their participation in ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of the Indigenous Nations of the Western Territories of the Unites States.2 From forced relocation to obscure lands and forced assimilation into the white man’s view of the world, the BIA previously set out to ‘destroy all things Indian’.3 Through the colonization of Turtle Island (North America), the American Federal policy set out to eliminate in part or as a whole, the Indigenous populations.4 The attitudes of the colonists were intentionally detrimental and the process is naturally exterminatory.5 The process of colonization was often exemplified by violent confrontations, deliberate massacres, and in some cases, total annihilations of a people.6 The culture of conquest was developed and practiced by Europeans well before they landed on Turtle Island as the practice was developed, and perfected well before the fifteenth century.7 Taking land and imposing values and ways of life on the social landscape created a conflictual relationship with the Indigenous peoples and forced a new way of life that ultimately destroyed those that previously existed there.8 Modern Europe

1. From the perspective of Native Americans, the Spanish and English empires in America had more similarities than differences. Assess the validity of this generalization.

The night was coming to an end; parents were slowly showing up to collect their kids. The DJ announced it was the last song of the night. It was our theme song. Jaimie and I swayed together on the dance floor belting out the words we knew by heart when we heard what sounded like

Despite popular belief, the colonial people weren’t really excited about going to war against Britain at first. There really was no appeal to black slaves and the Indians would have actually been better off if Britain won. A majority of white male population participated in military service at one time or another during the war but very few continued service after their required time was up. Some mutiny even took place as the soldiers saw how the rich and high status were getting treated way better than them.

Our heavy breaths were inaudible compared to the claps and cheers delivered from the audience. As the audience gave us a standing ovation, we all knew we proved our point. Our voices were heard through dance. The stage grew dark and we walked off in unison, Latino and proud. We were able to physically, emotionally, and intellectually captivate audiences.

After reading a chapter of The American Pageant by David Kennedy, and a chapter of A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, they both discuss slavery but in two different contexts. Slavery is a huge part of American history, it has shaped America in ways that are still lasting today. Zinn focuses more on the hardships of the slaves from the shipment, through the cruel work. Kennedy tends to focus more on the trade of slaves and how it shaped the settlers. Zinn's focus on the slaves hardships, gives a better depiction of what slavery was truly like, through the focus on slave conditions, treatment of whites vs blacks, and how racism originated.

They dethroned Catholic James II and enthroned the Protestant rulers of the Netherlands, the Dutch-born William III and his English wife, Mary, daughter of James II.

Agriculture, especially corn growing, was important for the size and sophistication of the Native Americans.

Between the years of 1930 and 1941 american foreign policy changed how it worked and its goals. They changed because of the threats in the outside world and because of all the absolute need for us to get involved in the war. During this time the world war was restarting in Europe and was leaving no choice except for the United States to get involved in the war. People were dissolving treaties and fighting and the united states could not remain neutral if they hoped to avoid losing their allies. The united states foreign policy changed because of threats and because of the need in Europe.

Benito Mussolini: Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country from 1922 to his ousting in 1943. In 1926 Mussolini seized total power as dictator and ruled Italy as Il Duce from 1930 to 1943.

Slavery is an institution that has existed since ancient times. To argue over its immorality is irrelevant, as its ethical and moral implications are blatantly evident. However, to say that the main cause of disdain of the institution from the North stems from its immorality is inherently incorrect, due to the fact, that as previously stated, slavery has existed since ancient times, perforce its immorality could not simply be the main cause of hatred toward this withstanding system from the North. Nevertheless, it goes without saying that their disgust toward the peculiar institution (a common name used to refer to slavery) is related to its ethical implications. However, the question still

The event began with a preliminary round on Sept. 21. at the Eckilson-Mabee Theatre inside the Tech Center. Mikalah Vogelsmeier was in charge of the event and had chosen three judges to observe the performance of each contestant. There were four contestants, Matheus Macedo, Anissa Abrego, Christopher Contreras, and Shelby Hicks.

The stuffy room, because of the former group also auditioning, was quickly filled with dancers of different height, experience, and age. We impatiently stood in a line from youngest to oldest and waited. The judge welcomed us; then she told us to step forward, say our name, grade, and a fact about ourselves. When it got to my turn, I walked out of line and said, “Hi my name is Katie Ryan. I am in sixth grade, and I’ve been dancing since I was two years old”. There was a pause, and I went back to my spot. After waiting for everyone else to say their name, grade, and a fact about themselves, it was finally time to dance.

The many hours bled into months as we polished our dance. Finally competition came and we were excited to compete at the advanced level. However, the week of the competition we were surprised to see we were registered to