A Dream Speech

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1-If you could have personally witnessed one event in history, what would you want to have seen?
Personally I would have wanted to be present during Martin Luther King’s I have a dream speech. This is because the speech was fundamental in bringing back the notion that America was meant to be a free country. The speech did not bring change only to America but to the world and its opinion on slavery. Therefore racial emancipation has allowed me to enjoy the benefits of being an international student.
2-If one of your parents was to be a famous person from any time in history, who would you want them to be?
If I had Elizabeth Cady Stanton as my mother for she was the pioneer of the Women Rights movement especially their rights to vote. As a social
Columbus was from Spain and his discovery allowed the nation to bring the first Western European settlers to the shores of North America. This led to the subjugation of the native inhabitants of America, which turned them into slaves who helped the colonist till their lands and plunder their precious metals. After this successful voyage, conquest and life in these new territories other European countries soon followed suit. They did not want Spain to enjoy the monopoly they had in the Americas. The Portuguese also came to establish colonies in America while England wanted a piece of this power and wealth too. The Virginia colony began a feudal system to acquire land and used slaves from the Western Africa coast. This new migration system is believed to have been the largest in the worlds as it resulted in millions of Africans moving to the Americas. Slavery became a norm in Virginia and Southern English colonies. While the Dutch and French settlements existed as a way of gaining the trading opportunities America provided instead of land or
He brought forth the changing ideas the country was experiencing and said it was ready to accept that women had the capacity to think intellectually like their male counterparts. Benjamin proposed that the laws must change to include women getting proper education because they were able to sway America’s morals and manners. The intellectual pursuits for women comprised of history, poetry, philosophy and religious texts counterbalanced with language and music lessons. Noah Webster advocated for public education for the people of America. His decision was made with his daughters in mind since he wanted them to get a good education. Webster education plan proposed that male and female students get a different education experience. His public education system would not discriminate against social classes, although it did not address the issues pertaining to race. Education would then serve as a way of developing cultured American citizens. Female education would allow women to achieve correct manners to use in their families and

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