Pennsylvania Dutch

preexisting conditions of the Indians and sought only to displace them. Immigration in Pennsylvania disturbed the tranquility that William Penn had established between Indians and Europeans. European and Indian leaders congregated in 1721 and decided to reaffirm Penn’s relations, but skirmishes for land inevitably followed, poisoning the most placid relations with Indians in English North America. As the English replaced the Dutch as the chief trader and producer of cheap consumer goods,…

It had been five days since I called 911 and stood, otherwise helpless, next to Mariam as she watched her home become overcome by flames. By the grace of God, no one was inside and only possessions were lost. Her Christian faith must have taken over while facing such a loss as she did not shed a tear. Not long after the fire department showed up, Amish neighbors were pouring in from all directions. Once she had familiar company, I wished her the best and headed home. For the last few years, my…

This chapter talks about mental testing in America. James Cattell and Galton believed that intelligence is hereditary. Henry Herbert Goddard shared a similar view to James Cattell and Galton. He conducted a study in the heredity of feeblemindedness and wrote a book called “Kallikak Family.” Ligthner Witmer was an environmentalist and he believed that hereditary was an excuse for an action. One of the research psychiatrists in this area was Alfred Binet. Theodor Simone joined Binet’s team and…

Britain, and the remaining one-third were mostly ambivalent. At the same time, about 85 percent of the white colonial population hailed from the British-English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish, 8.8 percent were of German ancestry, and 3.5 percent were of Dutch descent.” (24-25) America was first settled by the English. So it is only natural that all aspects of culture be derived from the English way of life. That includes language, government, societal hierarchy, religion, customs and beliefs. From…

Recently, a Missouri man named Jeff Mizanskey walked free after spending almost a third of his life behind bars. Mizanskey had been sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for possession of marijuana. Continued outrage over the sentence led to a petition drive seeking clemency. Nearly 400,000 signatures were received, and Missouri’s governor eventually commuted Mizanskey’s life sentence . As the case illustrated, attitudes about marijuana have softened over the past two decades. Yet many drug laws…

One of the first economic issues that arose in the New World was a labor shortage in comparison to the abundance of land- the opposite of which had been the case in Europe. Contributing to the scarcity of labor was the fact that “few settlers wanted to work for others when they could get farms of their own.” One of the only practical solutions to this problem was to seek labor elsewhere, in other parts of the world. This led to the adoption of enslaved Africans as the primary labor source in the…

“If white people need colleges to furnish teachers, ministers, lawyers, and doctors, do black people need nothing of the sort?” (Du Bois). Today, this question is a foregone conclusion for anyone. In the 1800’s and early 1900’s, this question might have been harder for some to answer correctly, not because they didn’t know the answer, but because their strong racial discrimination was standing in the way of common sense. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois dedicated his entire life to the…

past. Ahmeya' memories had faded with the years and when she spoke of her life as a pioneer girl she felt as if she were talking of someone else. Tamataunee was not bothered by her past at all, or the fact that she was white. He had lived by the lake all his life, and had not been affected as much by the settlers taking over the Indian Territory as Ahmeya had. They shared their secrets and laughed at foolish things they had done. Both of them had great respect for the nature around them and were…

Since becoming a superpower, the United States has often fought for its interests through tactics that many consider morally questionable. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and WWII began. On December 7, 1941, Japan dropped bombs on the United States’ naval base at Pearl Harbor, and the United States joined the war. In 1943, American scientists worked to develop the atomic bomb in hopes of ending the war. When Truman became President, he had to make the world changing decision of…

Question #2, Civil War & Reconstruction, Lincoln During the Civil War and Reconstruction Abraham Lincoln was very important to the time. Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War. Since he was president, he was in charge of how to deal with the Confederates and to keep other states from succeeding. Lincoln was against charging the succeeding states of treason because he wanted those states to come back into the Union and end the war. He wanted to do this however, without giving them…