This research assignment proved to be one to remember. It took a lot more time than I initially thought it would take, but I managed to gain a great understanding an appreciation for these the electronic recourses. Before this assignment, I would use the internet as the sole source of gathering necessary information to incorporate in my paper, but now that I feel stronger about using other sources such as Google books and open library, I know that my papers will be more informative as well as more interesting. With the access to many primary sources I feel more confident that the information I gather will be precise and correct unlike some internet sources that sometimes tend to be misleading. With the combination of all these online databases and resources I know that I can write a successful research paper detailing the history behind gold and how it came to be seen as valuable.
The sources that I choose, would allow me to create a story of what people saw the value of gold to be. It would also allow me to use details and even firsthand accounts of the transferability of gold along with the consequences of having it. In writing this account, I would first describe the discovered of gold, how it became valuable and then lead into how gold shaped the British Empire. My main focus would be on the growth of the empire and the conquering of land because wealth as a major driving factor for the British Empire. I would also used some analogies such as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer to persuade the reader that Great Britain only pursued colonies that would have sometime to offer such as land, natural resources, good agriculture, food, labor, and most importantly gold.
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...ld be about. Along with giving vital information that will help prove my argument there is a tremendous amount of information about robberies that occurred or even the deaths of many people as a result of gold. One of the reasons why I choose gold as a commodity was because I thought that more information I have the easier it would be, but found that when there is a lot of information there is also a lot more to comb through, resulting in a lot more effort to complete the paper. The main problem was finding relevant information, but when you have so much that task become ten times more difficult. I can successfully write a research paper on my commodity, but would need to reserve a lot of energy to staying on task making. Maybe a commodity with less information would equate to an easier research paper as you can prove your point and stick to it with little effort.
Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to live in this world and country during the transition from a rural; agriculture society to an economic nation rise of an industrialized society? Well that is exactly what the people of the Gilded Age experienced. It was a time of a dramatic business and political practice. In order for the business’s to rise there soon became a great amount of separation towards the people and the country. This caused our society to experience a stressful time and made it very difficult for ideas and concepts to equal out. Throughout this specific document there are four sources that were written by different individuals. Each and every source has an explanation and an overview of the times in the Gilded Age.
Sproul, Allan. "The Gold Question." Vital Speeches of the Day 16.4 (1949): 108. Academic Search
Rohrbough, Malcolm J. Days Of Gold: The California Gold Rush And The American Nation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. eBook (EBSCOhost). Web. 26 Mar. 2014.
... and other minerals. Gold fetched a high price, so people went west to seek it. Just like any other commodity that brings a lot of money, gold miners were always hoping to strike it rich. (This factor stresses the importance of individuals desire to expand it is also a major breakthrough as they are among the first to populate the western coast of America.)
Australia's incredible gold rushes of the mid- to late-1800s produced tremendous wealth and ensured the financial survival of the struggling Australian colonies. They also tripled the country's small population, and started the democratic ideas that led to the establishment of the nation of Australia. It was a monumental turning point in Australia's history not just the gold rush in Victoria but the ones around Australia also that helped shape how Australia is
Gold has been valued in our cultural history for as long as societies have been able to adopt this valuable metal’s unique properties. Gold is unique in its inherent marvellous glossy shine. Gold is particularly malleable, conducts electricity, doesn’t blemish and blends well with other metals. Because of these exclusive properties, gold creates its ways in our everyday life in many ways or form. Gold has always had remarkable significance, shown by most civilizations as a symbol of wealth and power. Gold has captivated most of cultures around the world and the passion for it brings to the extermination of some cultures and the growth in condition of others. This essay explores the use of gold over time and perception of the cultures that surround by gold.
The lust for gold was a big problem for the colony because when the settlers arrived, many settlers dreamed of making a fortune in Virginia. The idea of fortune was so important to them, that they went searching for gold majority of the time, instead of looking for food to sustain themselves
In the textbook reading, “The Gold Rush and Economic Development,” reads about the discovery of gold in early 1848 that lead to the Gold Rush; one of the most significant events to shape American political, social, and cultural history during the 19th century. As the news of the discovery of gold spread in the San Francisco mines, thousands of people migrated by sea or by land to the state and the surrounding areas. By the end of 1849, the non-native population of the California territory increase with the arrival of Anglo- American and people from all over the word, becoming a multicultural state.
Forsythe, Mark. The Trail of 1858 : British Columbia’s gold rush past. Canada: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., 2007.
-Discuss the silver vs. gold argument, listing at least one argument for silver and one argument for gold.
The gold standard is a monetary system in which the value of a nation’s currency is attached to the value of gold. In this system, gold can be exchanged for currency and currency can be exchanged for gold. During the nineteenth century, the major nations of the world switched to the gold standard, thereby replacing the previous system of bimetallism (a standard based on the values of both gold and silver). In 1821, Britain was the first nation to adopt the gold standard. At the time, Britain was the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world. In order to facilitate international trade, other nations began following Britain’s example (Eichengreen 7). The change did not occur smoothly in every country. For example, after the United States adopted the gold standard in 1873, a politician named William Jennings Bryan led a movement to switch to a silver standard instead. At that time, silver was relatively cheap because an abundance of it had been discovered in the mines of the Western U.S. Bryan, an advocate for the rights of farmers and other laborers...
I am going to discuss about the element known as gold in my assignment. To describe the element gold in simple terms, I can only say that it is an element (chemical element). This element is denoted by the symbol Au. It has an atomic number of seventy nine (79). I will describe quite a number of things concerning gold as an element. To begin with is:
Gold, nothing can compare to this precious metal. A symbol of wealth and prosperity, it has been a value for explorers and adventurers and a lure for conquerors. Today it is vital to commerce and finance; popular in ornamentation, and increasing importance in technology.
There are many famous precious materials that the everyday person knows of. Gold, silver and in more recent times platinum are all known for their scarcity and desirability. However it is a crystalline form of carbon, not a precious metal, which carries more prestige than all three of them together. The diamond. Ever since the Kimberly diamond rush began in 1866, diamonds have played a very distinct role in our society. We are taught from an early age on that diamonds are extremely valuable due to their unrivalled beauty and apparent rarity.
The objective of this essay is to compare Internet research with other sources of information which include books, word of mouth and primary research. This paper will also look at ways of ascertaining the validity of research information for academic work.