The Pros And Cons Of Adapting

The lives of natives were reduced to nothing but machines of profit. In The Black Man’s Burden, Edward Morel argued that, “To reduce all the varied and picturesque and stimulating ways of savage life to a dull routine of endless toil for uncomprehended ends, to break social ties and disrupt institutions; to stifle natural desires and crush mental development… to kill the soul in a people - this is a crime which transcends physical murder.” European nations withered away at the very character of the nations they subjected to their rule. Their very culture was destroyed, replaced with monotonous slavery. Because of this, African kings made it clear they wouldn’t stay idle. In a quote from Machemba, the king of Yao to a German commander, he explained “I have listened to your words but can find no reason why I should obey you - I would rather die first… [T]o be your subject, that I cannot be. If it should be war you desire, then I am ready, but never to be your subject. I do not fall at your feet, for you are God’s creature just as I am.” The African nations were hoping for friendship between them and Europe, but they wouldn’t be subjected to their rule and would rather go to war. Instead of the vast benefits of actual trade between two sovereign nations, Europeans dismantled any further chance of

As time passes and attitudes change, history is constantly being rewritten. Through the hindsight of history, glorious victories may become horrible defeats. Seemingly insignificant acts may become superior accomplishments. Revered heroes may become hated villains.

In the 19th century Europe underwent imperialism, Europe wanted to take control of different continents one of which was Africa to gain power, civilize the African people and grow the economy of Europe. With intentions to help, the Europeans moved to Africa in order to get the resources that were grown there forcing the Africans native to those regions to move to North and South America (Document 9). By 1885 the amount of people living in Africa had increased due to the amount of Europeans (Spielvogel and McTighe 234). The Europeans took resources and goods from Africa to sell and increase their capital. These reasons changed the way of life for the Africans making them adapt to the changes without being able to fight back. While imperialism

The changes in African life during the slave trade era form an important element in the economic and technological development of Africa. Although the Atlantic slave trade had a negative effect on both the economy and technology, it is important to understand that slavery was not a new concept to Africa. In fact, internal slavery existed in Africa for many years. Slaves included war captives, the kidnapped, adulterers, and other criminals and outcasts. However, the number of persons held in slavery in Africa, was very small, since no economic or social system had developed for exploiting them (Manning 97). The new system-Atlantic slave trade-became quite different from the early African slavery. The

As the European need for slaves to be exported from Africa to the Americas increased, it allowed them to further develop their societies at the disbursement of Africa. It began as a small profitmaking system of transporting a few Africans in exchange for European goods like guns, but led into being a large market that endorsed the capture of many Africans to be transported to the Americas. In response to the European demands, a new social system evolved as whites were the superior and blacks were subservient. Slaves were viewed as property and had no rights. Slave ownership became a key factor to economic success for Europeans. The result of this was the decline of Africa as it was nearly impossible for poor Africans to avoid being put into the slave trade. This led to descent in Africa as they encountered decline both economically and socially. The problems in current day Africa root all the way back to the participation in the slave trade. The Trans-Atlantic slave trade allowed the Europeans to strengthen their world power to and even greater

Have you ever heard the saying “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” and “We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.”? These quotes come from George Santayana and George Bernard Shaw, these men tell how it’s common for people to repeat past mistakes. However, if people learn to look back and understand history, it’s harder to replicate disastrous actions. History is full of wars and brutish words, yet the source of all these problems come from a single issue: power. Leaders seek power in every crevice they can find. In the book, “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, Napoleon is a cruel dictator who successfully takes over a farm after running off its competitors. Major, an old pig, told the farm of a new way of living. However, after he died, Napoleon steadily took over the farm. Therefore, taking the time to understand history’s past and mistakes can be an effective weapon against repeating the same mistakes. Failure to learn outcomes in a repetition of history, as Napoleon proves, as shown in today’s life, learning from history helps resolve futures issues, and only suffering comes from problematic actions of the past.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -George Santayana (as originally written). This much has always been true to those who study the seemingly extinguished conflicts of the former world. The undeniable fact of it is, history can and will repeat itself, lest society seeks to learn from it. In order for society to learn from the tragedies of yesteryear, certain changes must take place, because change is essential for growth - which in turn fuels further change: a fundamental cycle that society must commence. Without change and growth, humanity is thrown into a state of chaos and destruction; one’s logical thinking may get the best of them. In order to grasp control over the recurrences of history, Some supposedly

The indigenous people of Africa suffered many setbacks, when the Europeans arrived. When the Europeans arrived in Africa they made the indigenous people feel inferior, lack self-confidence, and be stripped of their responsibility. As shown by Document 2, when it says, “...convince us that our civilization was nothing less than savagery, thus giving us complexes which led to our being branded as irresponsible and lacking in self-confidence.” Some people may agree, that this seems like something out of a genocide. Originally the indigenous people of Africa were supposed to be cheap labor. However, this soon changed when the Europeans enslaved the African people. This is portrayed in Document 6, when it says, “...Beneath the noonday sun, My brother was strong…” By doing this they stole all of the human rights from the Africans, who had done nothing wrong. This is shown in Document 3, when it says, “Whereas fundamental human rights...are denied to Africans.” During this extremely horrific time in African history men were worked to death, and women were raped. This is found in Document 6, when it says,”The White Man killed my father,My father was proud, The White Man seduced my mother, My mother was beautiful.” This shows the negative effects are much worse for the Africans, than for the Europeans. But, there are some positives in this dark hour. When the Europeans arrived in Africa, they provided the

The British men would measure the native Africans facial features and say that they were not as worthy as the white men because they had features that weren’t sufficient size. With this persistent dehumanizing, the African people lost all of their self confidence. The British even went as far as to say that it was the “White Man's Burden” to go to Africa and save the people from their traditional ways, that they British thought were uncivilized. Sekou Toure, an African nationalist, stated, “Colonialism’s greatest misdeed was to have tried to strip us of our responsibility in conducting our own affairs and convince us that our civilization was nothing less than savagery” (Toure, Doc 2). British continually told them that they were less than humans and uncivilized and that was their greatest offense. The natives could come back from getting stripped of their natural resources, but they can’t get their humanity back. The British were cruel in their ways of imperialising, although African began to form an economy, they lost their self identity. The benefits of the economy don’t outweigh the costs of the peoples

(Riches and Misery page 1). The African’s spent a lot of their time gathering money and building relationships, only to be torn away from their families and stripped of the opportunity of education and schooling. (Capture and Enslavement) African’s had no entitlement to life and had nowhere to go unless they were ordered to do something. As the slaves said, “we work until we can see until we can’t see”, which was representing the Sunrise till the sunset. This means that the African’s were working all day, picking cotton, harvesting sugar cane, planting and collecting rice, growing and harvesting coffee; they also built things like houses, railroads, and they used to repair

The spinning jenny was created in 1764 by a man called James Hargreaves, the spinning jenny was a textile invention that could weave 8 threads of yarn instead of one all controlled by the one person. This was definitely an improvement as you could make hundreds of clothes way faster than hand sewers, but this meant more people had to live in the cities near the factories which meant the people had to move away from their homes out on the farms

Insanity is repeating the same action while expecting different results. Then what is it called to get the same results despite changing one's actions in an attempt to succeed? I call it the process of adapting. Darwin's finches, when carried out into the distant Galapagos Islands, experienced this process first hand. The finch population at first significantly decreased due to the new environment, yet the tenacity of all living beings to survive allowed the population to divert its path from extinct. However, the population faced the gruel processes of evolving in order to get acquainted with the adaptation. After many years the finch population finally succeeded in evolving. The process of adapting though cruel in its ways ultimately leads to success.

Why is adapting so important?Without adapting people would be sick all the time and die.Shelter,food and water,and climate changes are all part of adapting.Without one or the other everyone would die.People need shelter,food and water,and they need to adjust to climate changes.

There are many events that occur in the world that may change it. These things can change it for the worse or better. Change is something that will always happen in the world. Change is important when it comes to history. We are creating history each and every day. History is also changing the world and the way we look at things. When we focus on change, it has made the world move in new directions. The world is the way it is because of a change. Things have occurred in the world that have changed it for the better and the worst. Without change, things wouldn’t get better in the world. In the articles, we discussed in World History; the articles focused on Historical Revisionism, but they also focused on change. In this essay, I will be focusing

Frequently we overlook history tie into our personal life; in fact, many fail to give it any attention. We are all so focused on what’s going on now and what next. Countless of people do not investigate into one’s own past, but rather the past of a whole country, nation, and civilization in general. Many of our experiences are not random but, rather, are shaped by social structure: the organized pattern of relationships and institutions that together form the basis of society. The general patterns in what might otherwise be considered simple random events, for example, family problems, divorce; unemployment, domestic violence, and child abuse are more than just personal troubles experienced in isolation by a few people. They are issues affecting