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…spread diseases, it is well documented that they were merciless with the natives. The colonists and their plagues destroyed whole Indian nations; estimates nearing a 98% death rate from diseases alone are not uncommon. The possible impact of biological…

…of the Native Americans proved how non-democratic Jacksonian Democracy was. An example of this was when Andrew Jackson boldly enforced the Indian Removal Act in 1830, requiring all Indian tribes including the Cherokees to move to reservations west of the Mississippi…

…The values of the Puritans are easily reflected in the story, A Narrative of Her Captivity. In this story, Indians take the main character, Mary Rowlandson, captive from her village. This story depicts the hardships and struggles she went through while…

…acknowledges that by choosing the shortest path, Tom has doomed himself. Venturing through the forest late one evening, and in no hurry to get home to an equally miserable wife, Tom comes upon an old Indian fort. Here he encounters the devil manifested as a dark…

…. In Southern Africa he worked continuously to improve the rights of the immigrant Indians. It was there that he developed his creed of passive resistance against injustice. Before he returned to India with his wife and children, in 1915, he had radically changed…

…As I stand here in the middle of the dance floor at my brother's wedding, listening to the very Punjabi bhangra music blasting on the wall speakers, I walk the fine line between being conservative Indian - those of Ivy League chemical engineering PhD's…

…the exploration of American territory. The spring and summer of 1803 were given over to preparations. Jefferson chose as leader a man named Meriwether Lewis, whom he described as "brave, prudent, habituated to the woods, and familiar with Indian manners and character…

…of no trade then some trade mad the merchants mad. The struggle over land in the Northwest Territory was caused by Britain. The Indians were rebelling against the United States' growth in ownership of land. The British knew this and found that it was easy…

…The movie Pocahontas is exciting as well as educational. However Disney's use of creativity ion this movie outnumbers the facts. The movie is accurate in a few ways. The traditions of the Indian tribes depicted in the movie accurately reflect how…

…of international law, reasonable expectations, and the best interests of the people of Kashmir. Upon the withdrawal of the British Empire from the Indian subcontinent, arrangements were made to partition the colony into two states, one primarily Muslim and one…