Georgia O'Keeffe

The Revolution greatly affected the social status of Native Americans. Many tribes were split between supporting the British, and supporting the Americans. The Iroquois confederacy also known as Five Nations, was an alliance of five, later six, American Indian tribes—the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. The Revolution caused a civil war amongst them. Mohawks supported the British, and most Cayugas, Onondagas, and Senecas joined forces with them. Whilst Oneidas and Tuscaroras

Westward Expansion The Beginning: The Beginning of Westward Expansion started in 1803 when the USA purchased 15 million dollars worth of land from the French. This purchase is known as the “Louisiana Purchase”. The land was from the Mississippi River all the Rocky Mountains. This almost doubled the size of the U.S., according to www.history.com. The Expedition: In 1803 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their journey to explore the unknown west. Since it was America’s first time exploring

oct 28 Brett duff first drift Today i'd like to talk about the noble and honorable Apache tribe. i will show you the history and culture. i will also show you there liter tools they use to tell their peoples stories. Lets begins learning the history of the great people the Apache native american. The Apache Indians came from the Alaskan region, Canada, and portions of the American Southwest. Eventually the tribe migrated toward the United States further south, and divided itself into two basic

The Trail of Tears has left thousands dead, but was it worth it? The U.S. government had tried to to remove Native Americans since 1838 out of the East and into the West of the Mississippi River. Since America wanted land to provide their country with money to be the most powerful country in the world. It was necessary for the government to remove the Native Americans from the United States for money and power. The United States of America had moved the Native Americans out of the East and into

Santa Fe Trail This trail started in 1821. The Santa Fe Trail starts off from Independence and ends at Santa Fe. Because it was about 800 miles long, the journey took about 8 weeks. More than 2000 wagons were leaving for Santa Fe by the 1830s each spring, proved by “ A journey in time”. If you left from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe by wagon train, the fare cost was $250 for adults, and $125 for children. The rate for freight was $10 for 100 pounds. A lot of trading was done on this trail. As “ A

Faced with a sudden and forced eviction from the very land, interactions with which embodies and defines one’s identity, tragic experiences of unwarranted deaths in one’s family due to hardships of travelling in the harshest of the weather with limiting resources, unforeseen conflicts arising due to cohesions with cultures different than one’s own, and annihilation of one’s sense of identity and culture resulting from the public education Cherokee community’s identity and memory undergoes cultural

Tecumseh was born on March 1768, Scioto River, Ohio. He was a member of the Shawnee tribe. When he was growing up, he was exposed to a lot of war violence.In 1774, his father, Pucksinwah, was killed by whites. His mother left him to accompany the Missouri River. He later was adopted by “Blackfish” the Shawnee chief. Tecumseh grew up during the American revolution. When Tecumseh was 15 he joined a group of Shawnee people. But later on the Shawnee people were destroyed by the white settler’s

Based on the evidence provided Morgan's central idea is supportive. There are reasons one should or shouldn't agree with Morgan. One reason to agree,the American land wouldn’t be the same today without Thomas Jefferson and the nine other Americans who were bold and passionated for land culminated in the Westward Expansion. A reason one’s shouldn't agree, is because the land was naturally owned by the Indians and taken over through a war. You could agree with Morgan in such as” the belief

Andrew Jackson is not an honorable man and should be taken off of the twenty dollar bill, because he bought and sold slaves just for his own profit, he signed the Indian removal act, and he implemented the tariff of abominations. Being on a bill is an honorable thing and I don’t even think that jackson should have even been an option for that. Jackson was a plantation owner who bought and sold slaves in bulk which he benefit and earned money from, in fact most of his wealth actually came from owning

1816 #First Seminole war The seminoles defended the runaway slaves and protected them from Andrew Jackson in florida Jackson failed but later had the help of Spain. 1832 #Black Hawk War the last native conflict in Northern Illinois and SouthWestern Wisconsin an unsuccessful attempt to take their homeland back 1835 #Second Seminole war Under Osceola in Florida they resumed fighting for their land Osceola was captured and they retreated 1849 #Navajo Conflicts in Arizona and New Mexico fighting