chapter 6

In the second part of chapter 6 I learned much about the German Immigration that happend in the earlier days. I found the German Immigration to be very interesting because alot of Germans came from different backgrounds. For example some spoke different languages but still followed German culture. The German population in America back in the day was very high, so I enjoyed reading about Germans settling their lives in America. Since America is filled with so much diversity and ethnicity I always find it important to stay open-minded to different cultures. I have family in Austria so reading about the descendants from Austria was also interesting because I have been to the country and learned much about their culture. Too think of how it was before and how it is now it's fascinating how different our country is and how much more German culutre we have in our country.

Coming to America Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of the book Coming to America explains about African slaves coming into the "New World" I found this chapter to be very intresting because we don't really get real actual facts about the African slaves coming into America. Until my senior year of high school I started learning more about how americans and europeans kidnapped people from Africa to bring them here as slaves. Although we read this in history books or in movies the author explains in chapter 3 that we wont ever know the reality of an African slave because we will never be in their position. I agree with what he stated because all these facts that we are given arent coming from the real source. I find that trading of slaves was a very important factor in building America because it brought alot of money and labor. Of course now things are completely different from how they use to be, it's always interesting to find out how things started and how they turn out.

Coming to America Chapter 2

Chapter 2 was a very interesting chapter in this book because it talksed about the many rules and belifes America had when it just strated becoming this powerful nation. I learned about the indentured service and also the census of 1790. I never realized how they disrespected Indians due to their race and didnt include them in the constituional mandate. It made them feel low and unwanted by the country they lived in. I learned that many Europeans and African Americans came first here to America also known as the "New World", each person that came to America came here for a new better life and too see what everyone was so excited about this "New World". This chapter reminded much of how our country is in the present time. Since many Europeans and African Americans immigrated into a new country for a better life, we still see many people leaving their country to come to America for a new "better life" until this present day. Although back in the days Europeans and African Americans were very seperated its always fascinating too see how much has changed now. African Americans were known as slaves and Europeans were the "white people" with money. If you look at our country now, we are so diverese its not only Europeans and African Americans, we have a diversty of Asians, Middle Easterns, Central Americans, Mexicans, South Americans. and many other people from countries. This chapter made me understand how America really came to a beginning with the people who migrated from different countries.

The Problem of History

Reading chapter 3 of "American Indians and American History made me understand more about our real history of America and how I was raised up learning a different story. Many people today don't value or learn about the real history of Indians first coming into America instead we usually give our attention to Christopher Colombus. In middle school when I first learned about history we always were taught that Christopher Colombus was the first person to ever be in America and he was praised as a heroric figure in our country, we even have a holiday for him. Truth is that America tried to cover Indians and there history to others till this day. As my education has evolved I am learning real facts about the founding of America and this chapter made me understand more about American Indians and how they seem to be forgotten in our history text books.