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…Female infanticide was a major social problem faced by Chinese and Indian women during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but how did British colonialism help to bring about important changes for women in these two great nations? The arrival…

…was a very hard thing to do since people didn’t know what was out there. Since the beginning of white settlement in America, the Indians had given way before the advancing cabins of the pioneer farmers. The states wanted the Indians removed from their borders…

…“Changes in the Land; Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England” In this paper, I will answer the following question: Compare and contrast the impacts of the New England Colonists and New England Natives on that region’s ecosystem. Explain…

…of the Indian tribes. Knowing that land speculators and farmers wanted the Indians’ lands and believing that it was in the country’s best interests, as well as future, he was more than convinced that a policy of Indian removal was the only solution. Thus in 1830…

…he was trading with the Indians for food. The colony chose him president of the Jamestown settlement. The settlers believed and trusted him because he had saved them. John Smith was a very smart man. He wrote many accounts about the happenings…

…historical point of view. This dispute and confrontation is started in the within the seventeenth-century arrival of the colonists from England as witnessed by the Powhatan Indians of Virginia and the Wamapanoag Indians from the Massachusetts area. From there, Mr…

…, and defeated a well-trained Indian army equipped with elephants. After defeating Porus, an Indian ruler, he wanted to continue his conquests into India, but his weary, homesick army refused. Reluctantly, Alexander turned around and led his army back to Babylon…

…of the king, was established May 14, 1607. Early Trials: The colony, the first permanent English settlment in the New World, suffered from poor leadership, famine, disease, disputes with the Indians, and failure to find a marketable product. Captain John Smith…

…Centennial The story of Centennial constitutes the saying, "the winning of the West." This story is of the land and the Indians who inhabited it and of the people of many nations who came to drive them out. Centennial is based solidly on the facts…

…community populated by the local Indian tribes, the Suquamish and the Duwamish, and many others. Among these Indians was one that would forever change the soon to be city of Seattle, Chief Seattle, also known as Sealth (rhymes with wealth) was still very young…