Answer:
John Smith depicts the Amerindians as “savage devils” because their lifestyles were completely
opposite. The Native Americans had a dark lifestyle, and were not familiar with the idea of
He should be better known for his prophetic vision of America, both in his use of what would become a
dominant motif of early America – a Paradise of Endless Opportunity for the hard-working individual – and his
depiction of the inevitable conflict between the Europeans and the Amerindians,
1.
Smith employs a
Providential World View
in his History (a typical view in his day), in which God is
involved in all events of humankind, although Smith can be very selective in choosing when to
acknowledge God and when he wishes to acknowledge his own prowess. Smith consistently misreads
the Native Americans’ motives and disallows them any true virtue of their own. Powhatan offerschange that the Europeans were bringing to America. The cultural biases drove Smith’s opinions The president uses mass media to support political agenda. Media technologies enable the political leaders to reach a
Explanation:
N the 1600s, the Dutch West India Company was more powerful and
successful than Microsoft, IBM, or General Motors today. The Company's
thousands of employees had one primary goal: to make money. Investors in
the Dutch West India Company were fortunate. Its annual profits went as
high as 200 or 300 percent. (In comparison, a strong stock today might
return yearly profits of 20 or 30 percent.) In the pursuit of profits,
the Company traded commodities such as spices, sugar, fur, and slaves.
It also fought battles against Spain to gain new territory.
The Dutch West India Company was an offshoot of the Dutch East India
Company, which funded Henry Hudson's voyage to North America in 1609. If
Hudson could find a secret shortcut to Asia, the Company would make
even more profits.
Although
Hudson failed at this mission, his dazzling reports of fur trading
opportunities inspired merchants. About fifteen years later, the Company
sent over some thirty families as colonists and workers. They called
the new colony "New Amsterdam." Later renamed New York, it would grow
into one of the greatest cities in the world.
1620 - They settled along the Massachusetts Bay in Salem.
