The reading I chose is the White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America, by Fintan O’Toole pp. 299-325. It is a short passage of what was happening in Canada during a conflict then developed into a global war, which the Patriots (and later their French, Spanish, and Dutch allies) fought the British and Loyalists in what became known as the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). These two chapters talk about Johnson who wants to provide his uncle's company with a good profit in lumber and furs, gaining the reputation of an honest trader with the locals. Unfortunately, as it began with Johnson, his uncle would not keep his promises. Therefore he made alliances of his own. Instinctively respecting Mohawk culture, he carved out …show more content…
He has served as principal British intermediary with the Iroquois Confederacy. He commanded British, colonial, and Iroquois forces that defeated the French in the battle of Lake George in 1755, and he created the first groups of "rangers," who fought like …show more content…
O’Toole says does a great job showing how Johnson was able smoothly to mold himself into Iroquois culture and how his skill in negotiation was. He elegantly highlights the era's military developments and putting them into the context of the relations between the British, the French and the Indians. Johnson's personal feelings about the Iroquois are unclear, and O'Toole does not attempt to speculate here. Example, O'Toole argues that by hanging a map of Ireland in his home and seeking out Irish musicians, Johnson imagined himself as "a Gaelic lord, an idealized feudal chieftain [...] gathered around him broken shards of the old Irish order (p.304)." It merely demonstrates that Johnson wanted to recreate himself as a loyal imperial agent of British Crown.Fintan O'Toole, have attempted to explain Johnson's actions among the Iroquois by re-creating in a white, mostly Irish setting to combine his supposed Gaelic cultural norms and suppressed Catholicism.
When it came to General Thomas Gage, he was the commander and chief of British forces in the new world. In 1774, he was known to be the most powerful man in North America.
The Essay, I have chosen to read from is ReReading America was An Indian Story by Roger Jack. The topic of this narrative explores the life of an Indian boy who grows up away from his father in the Pacific Northwest. Roger Jack describes the growing up of a young Indian boy to a man, who lives away from his father. Roger demonstrates values of the Indian culture and their morals through exploration of family ties and change in these specific ties. He also demonstrates that growing up away from one’s father doesn’t mean one can’t be successful in life, it only takes a proper role model, such as the author provides for the young boy.
...hat the King of Britain and Thomas Gage placed rewards for his death. Instead of cowering from the British, he kept performing more actions which gave him even a larger reward for his imprisonment or death. His strong devotion to the Revolution, his expansive resources he obtained, his enormous heart, his powerful patriotism to America, and his outstanding leadership, are the main reasons why people today still learn and know about John Hancock.
Throughout the history of the United States, the discussion surrounding Native American relations has been fueled by prejudice and misunderstandings. In Andrew Jackson & His Indian Wars, Remini does not seek to excuse or exonerate Jackson. Consequently, Remini is more focused on analyzing what transpired and why. To support his central themes, Remini uses evidence spanning the entire spectrum of Jackson’s career. Beginning
Nathanael Greene, although not afforded many victories in battles, was a masterful strategist, soldier and statesman. He was able to successfully employ militia, regular, light and mounted units during his command in the South. He built upon the reputation that he made for himself at the beginning of the war in Boston. It is because of this reputation and his ability to produce results that made him the second most important general in the continental army, next only to George Washington.
George Roger Clark was known as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest" during the American Revolutionary War. George Clark had became a huge help to capturing British and Indian territory, Northwest of the Thirteen Colonies. Clark was a military leader for the American colonists in the American Revolutionary War, helping the Americans be successful in the Northwest, and was known for conquering most of the Northwest Territory for the thirteen colonies. (“George Rogers Clark” 1)
There has not been a serious work written on George Rogers Clark in nearly fifty years, and in schooling he is completely neglected. All of this is wrong, Clark was very important to the Revolutionary War victory and even more vital to opening the gateway to the West.
John Smith, the troubled Indian adopted by whites appears at first to be the main character, but in some respects he is what Alfred Hitchcock called a McGuffin. The story is built around him, but he is not truly the main character and he is not the heart of the story. His struggle, while pointing out one aspect of the American Indian experience, is not the central point. John Smith’s experiences as an Indian adopted by whites have left him too addled and sad, from the first moment to the last, to serve as the story’s true focus.
King Phillip was the name given to the leader of the Indian Confederacy, Metacomet. Metacomet was able to unite several different Indian tribes and led the attacks on the American colonies. The Indians attacked first and were successful in destroying several towns throughout New England. However, the colonists eventually turn the tide of the war with support from the British. Over 3,000 Indians were killed during the War significantly dec...
To start off, I’ll be writing about the life of people in British North America and its significance towards unifying Canada, as well as background knowledge of conflicts that existed. Life in British North America was changing at an alarming rate. New technology and services were being introduced such as railways and steamships. Industries such as building, producing and farming were being introduced. This was in part due to the many immigrants from Britain and France who’d settled. This was dreadful for the First Nations as their land had been taken away even more so than before. More resources were needed for the growing crowd so trade agreements were made. As more people came, the First Nations were even more distanced from the Europeans. Meanwhile, the French and the British wanted the other’s culture to be erased from the
The American Revolution was a conflict that arose from growing tensions between Great Britain and the Thirteen North American colonies. It was a long bloody war and one of the most well-known, and because of that it has many interpretations, and these interpretations have made it a challenge to be able to come to a single understanding of the war. In this week’s readings, two different views on the same war are given. The American Yawp describes the American colonies point of view on the revolution while the History Lesson discusses how British wanted to control America but instead drove them to rebel and fight for their independence. The colonists saw the war for their independence as a revolution, but through British eyes, events and people were, not surprisingly, seen quite differently.
Zaslow, Morris. The Defended Border, Upper Canada and the War of 1812. Toronto: MacMillian of Canada, 1983
To understand Jackson’s book and why it was written, however, one must first fully comprehend the context of the time period it was published in and understand what was being done to and about Native Americans in the 19th century. From the Native American point of view, the frontier, which settlers viewed as an economic opportunity, was nothin...
It might be easy to think of more miserable people than the unnamed group of people at this point of time in history, but surely their misery is certainly their undesirable kind. Brutality, distrust Horror is dispersed in the air, men breathe it in and die of it. The life of every man hung on a thin thread and the hope of being alive was tainted with convincing uncertainty. Trust and reliance sporadically gave way for mistrust and suspicion. It was certainly a world of no man’s life.
Ohiyesa’s father, Jacob “Many Lightnings” Eastman was instrumental in his assimilation into the white man’s culture, beginning with his education. Unlike many other Native American children in boarding schools, Charles learned to read and write in his native language. This progressive program of learning was often criticized because of the fear felt among American settlers after the Great Sioux Uprising. The settlers, as well as the government agencies, sought only acculturation of the Indians into the w...