Sunday, 22 March 2015

Colonial America



“Colonial America”

Today, I read the book, “Colonial America” by Alan Taylor in the series of 'Very Short Introductions'. The author describes the history of North America, colonized by Spain, France, and Britain. The book's final chapter describes that the British Empire defeated the other two, and the American colonies won the independence from the Britain finally. Because I didn't know precisely about the era before Pilgrims, I read the part with interest. I came to know that there were highly-socialized communities of Native Americans. It is surprising that the Native Americans not only communicated among themselves but also negotiated with the European colonialists from various countries with patience. In North America, various cultures, religions, and societies merged simultaneously, so that it is impossible to simplify its history from one perspective. I think that the effects of its complicated history remain in diversities among different States in the U.S.A. Reading the New York Times; we can easily find that the governors of different states show quite different attitudes to the same laws and political movements. Considering the historical background, it is rational to permit the diversity of each state at some level. I cannot help respecting a historian who can summarize such a complicated history and show hints about how to think of our presence.

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