Being on Columbus's first voyage would definitely be exciting and terrifying. The exciting part would be the possibility of exploring land that you have never seen before. Along with this, these individuals would encounter resources/goods they have never seen before either. However, the terrifying part would be the fact that they don't have a good idea what to expect when they arrive. Columbus's first voyage was made in order to find a new trade route to Asia. However, no one had ever found this route and no person knew what to expect. As we know, this mistake in geography leads to Columbus landing in the America's and helps start the era of colonization.
The first reason would be socio-economic. With the confiscation of land by wealthy individuals during the conquest of the American west, many people remained landless and destitute; and many of them were European immigrants or African Americans. The invasion of unsettled unassigned lands was seen by them as the only way out of poverty.
The second reason would be economic. Many land speculators wanted to force the opening of these lands to make a profit for themselves or for the trusts they worked for (railroad corporations).
The third reason would be political. The Council of the Creek, which was dominated by the lower Creek who were favorable to the Confederacy had supported it and even provided men to fight for the South. This made their plight unsympathetic to the rest of Americans, especially considering that many of these Creek had owned African American Slaves.
He was a different president than earlier presidents because. He was the first president to be born poor, in a log cabin. All of the presidents before him had come from a wealthy family or families.
The cultural moviment humanism, also a system of education, was growing during the renaissance. It promoted the idea that man was the center of his own universe. Educated people should embrace <em>human achievements</em> in education, arts and science. They also should <em>be able to read and write and persuade others to virtuous actions, by studying humanities</em>.