Essay on American History

The prehistory of the Americas begins with humans migrating from Asia during a Glacial Period. These people are supposed to have been isolated from the rest of the “Ancient World” until the arrival of Europeans in the 10th century. Paleo-Indians are the forefathers of today’s American Native Peoples. They were gatherers who moved to North America. Following America’s independence from the British, political and social life in the country changed radically. Political participation increased as more individuals gained the right to vote. Furthermore, the revolution presented its own set of difficulties.

It is unknown when or how Indigenous Peoples first settled the Caribbean and the United States of America. According to common opinion, people from Eurasia pursued games through Beringia before moving south into the Americas. This movement could have started as early as 300 millennia ago and continued until the land bridge was swamped by rising sea levels caused by melting glaciers. The first settlers, Paleo-Indians, swiftly grew into dozens of culturally distinct countries and clans. The pre-Columbian era spans all periods in the histories of the Americas preceding the advent of foreign influences on the continents, ranging from the earliest settlements in the Paleolithic Period until European colonization in the early modern century. While the phrase technically refers to the period preceding Christopher Columbus’ expedition in 1492.

Tobacco was one of the essential crops brought by the indigenous peoples to the colonizers of North America. Since it was labour-intensive and necessitated a large amount of agricultural land to produce, it sparked confrontations between Europeans and locals as more land was stolen, deforestation occurred, and slavery was institutionalized by 1640. The conquerors later wrote the background of the invasion and colonization of the Americas, casting their endeavours in a heroic light for the sake of exploration, civilization, and the indoctrination of indigenous peoples to Christianity. This storyline has been contested in the modern world, with measures suggested to acknowledge the traditional deficits and human rights violations suffered by Native Americans and West Africans at the hands of European invaders.

The wealth that Spain could amass in the New World spurred England to consider establishing their colonies there. Between 1775 and 1825, the countries of the Western Hemisphere acquired most of their independence from Europe. In their book, Rodriguez & Guez confirmed that “By publishing the Declaration of Independence, which the Constituent Assembly approved on July 4, 1776, the thirteen American colonies severed their political ties with England. The Declaration of Independence enumerated the reasons why the colonies desired independence” (1998). Mexico and Central America were liberated from Spanish rule in 1821. Colonialism persisted in the West Indies for a more extended period than elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. Hemisphere.

Postcolonialism refers to the historical period or state of affairs that followed Western colonialism. Although post-colonialism predicts a future free of colonialism, such advancements may result in new forms of dominance or subjection and new characteristics of the worldwide empire. It is not to be mistaken with the claim that the world we live in now is colonial-free. Postmodern theorists and scholars have focused on studying many trajectories of modernism as experienced and encountered from a range of philosophic, cultural, and historical perspectives (Stone, Flynn & Cook, 2002). Postcolonialism addresses the difficulties that have arisen as a result of the death of imperialism. It is one of the essential components of imperialism’s existence which has been the construction of governments. Postcolonialism, in this view, is a series of surveys at the heart of current political philosophy.

During the 1790s, the new republic faced various challenges. Like past nations founded by anti-colonial revolutions, the United States faced the difficulty of building a competitive economy, maintaining national independence, and establishing a secure governmental framework that enabled serious resistance to emerge. “The post-colonial period never came up to fill a clear area in the scenes of political-cultural analysis” (Shohat, 2006). One of the difficulties was gaining public support. The new nation also had to cope with diplomatic and economic issues. The American Revolution had incurred a massive debt, and the bank notes issued during the battle was practically useless. The nascent nation’s southern and western borders were refused recognition by Spain. Another obstacle is the apparent unwinding that Americans are experiencing is in the environmental sector. The laws that have governed the world and formed the underlying foundation of civilization are changing faster than we can comprehend, with consequences we cannot predict due to global warming, resource scarcity, and overall environmental devastation.

During a Glacial Period, humans first arrived in the Americas, migrating from Asia. These people are claimed to have been cut off from the rest of the “Ancient World” until the arrival of Europeans in the 10th century when they hunted wildlife from Eurasia. This movement could have started 300 millennia ago and continued until the land bridge was submerged by rising sea levels caused by melting glaciers. By publishing the Declaration of Independence, the thirteen American colonies severed their political ties with England. Postmodern theorists and academics have investigated many trajectories of modernism as experienced and faced from many intellectual, cultural, and historical perspectives. Postcolonialism addresses the difficulties that have arisen as a result of the death of imperialism. One of the most critical components of imperialism’s existence has been the construction of governments. As a result of global warming, scarcity of resources, and overall environmental degradation, the rules governing the globe and forming the underlying foundation of civilization are moving faster than we can comprehend, with unforeseeable consequences.

References

Rodríguez, J. E., & Guez, J. E. R. (1998). The Independence of Spanish America (No. 84). Cambridge University Press.

Shohat, E. (2006). Notes on the “Post-Colonial”. In Taboo Memories, Diasporic Voices (pp. 233-249). Duke University Press.

Stone, K. D., Flynn, R. W., & Cook, J. A. (2002). Post‐glacial colonization of northwestern North America by the forest‐associated American marten (Martes americana, Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae). Molecular Ecology, 11(10), 2049-2063.