Midterm

By: Jose De La Paz

Columbus and colonialism
• I think that the most important topics in
unit 1 were Columbus and colonialism. I
think that it is important because that’s
how everything started. When Columbus
came to the states he found the Tainos
and when he didn’t find gold the killed the
indigenous people and took the land.
When they took the land they tortured the
indigenous people by setting them on fire,
hanging them and even feeding them to
the dogs. This made the indigenous people
fearful to fight back. Then the people that
were left were made into slaves that
worked on encomiendas for the white
people.If Columbus never came to the U.S,
We would be indigenous people still.
Slavery and segregation
• The most important topics in unit 2 are slavery
and segregation. When the settlers in the states
needed people to work in the fields they went to
Africa to get slaves. The slaves were sold at
slave auctions to the highest bidder then they
went off to work for their slave masters. They
were brought in slave ships through the middle
passage and it was horrible and some people
even committed suicide by jumping off the boat.
Then the 13 amendment freed the slaves, but
they then faced segregation due to the racist
Jim Crow laws. They said that colored and white
would be separated but equal but they really
weren’t. Then segregation in the schools ended
with the case of “Brown v.s Board of education”.
Segregation ended completely with the Civil
Rights act. If slavery continued we would have
been slaves and if segregation still existed we
would be treated differently.
Mexican Independence
• The most important topic that we
learned in unit 3 was the Mexican
independence. Mexico was
controlled by the white people and
they were trying to take the land.
The indigenous people planed to
fight back that was led by Miguel
Hidalgo. They fought the Spanish
but Hidalgo was captured and
killed. Then new leaders like Jose
Maria Morelos and Vicente
Guerrero who was the fist
president. With out the Mexican
Independence fight Mexico would
have still been controlled by the
Spanish and life would be different
in Mexico.
 The most Important topic
• I think that the most important
topic of all is Columbus and
Colonialism. I think it is because if
Columbus didn’t come and take
over life in the states would not be
like it is today.We would be
Indigenous people like it was
before Columbus and Colonialism.
 Three things I learned this
quarter.
• I learned that Columbus was actually
looking for China and India but he found
North America instead.
• I learned that Slavery ended through the
13th amendment not by Lincoln.
• The third thing I learned was that Mexico
rebelled against the dictator and they chose
the government of democracy.
 Leadership
• My definition of leadership is not to
be selfish and think about others.
To lead the people to get them
what they want not just for your
own greed.