History of El Norte - Essay
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Running head: HISTORY OF EL NORTEHISTORY OF EL NORTEName of the student:Name of University:Author Note:
HISTORY OF EL NORTE1This essay discusses the history of El Norte, the southernmost part of North America. The main focus of the author is not the great and modern civilizations like the United Sates ofAmerica or Canada but the southernmost section of the American territory where the states like Mexico, Texas, Arizona, a part of Colorado and California lie. These part of the territory is not so well celebrated in the history of the American continents. El Norte is a part of land where the culture is a hybrid product of different international cultures in this book the authorhas discussed the history of foundation, the history of conflict between different powers to dominate the people of this region and socio cultural diversity of this region.The continent of America has been dominated by the tensions between the local values andnational purpose which may tamp down the individuality of the nations but cannot destroythem completely.“El Norte is the oldest of the Euro-American Nations, dating back to the late sixteenthcentury” (Woodard). The territory of this region starts from the southwest Texas to the southernmost point of North America. As the history of El Norte revels the fact that the actual civilization of this region started with the advent of the missionaries and the soldiers coming from the south in order to expand the New World Empire. From the European point of view, the Spanish expedition in 15th century lead to map the region of southern part of North America. It was the Spaniards who foist established their short lived colonies in this region along the shores of Virginia and Georgia. In 1565 these soldiers founded the oldest European city in America, St. Augustine. The original residents therefore were mainly Spanish which was the world’s superpower with wealth and more than 7 million people spread in two continents (Brinkley). Their mission to spread morality however led their competitors to involve in the most apocalyptic wars of human history. In addition to this, the eternal conflict between the protestant and Catholicism had ignited the feeling of hatred in theminds of the other European countries including England, Netherlands, Scotland. Due to this
HISTORY OF EL NORTE2reason, the situation of the residents became more grave. The villages were abandoned and transformed into jailhouse for its abundance and unhealthy environment. Thus towards the nineteenth century the history of El Norte records isolation and deprivation. In chapter sixteen of his book ‘American nations: A history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America’ Woodard has pointed out that the war of Mexico had bankrupted the country, by killing one tenth of population, and the provinces had no authorityto govern. A huge number of immigrants were entering the region though immigration was officially banned (Hoxie). Santa Anna captured power in the year 1833 who was revolted against the Texans. These Texans were led by Juan Seguin and Stephen Austin with whom the Mexican shared good bond hence supported. In 1845, Texas was admitted to be free state which was opposed by the Mexicans thus the war broke again. Mexico refused to recognize the border and the US had the best army in the entire region. This is how in 1848, the El Norte was entitled as the property of the US. El Norte was one of the major region in the southern part of America, the civil war had a great effect on the economy and society of the country (McCusker and Russell). The dependence and abundance of slavery in the southern states were the chief reason of American Civil war. In this aspect, the leaders of the Deep South and Tidewater were strong supporters of slavery whereas other states including the El Norte were not so bothered about this changes. Between the election and inauguration of Lincoln, only Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia and Texas seceded. However, the culture of the south was not much affected by that of the north because the policies of the north was offensive and the north had failed to maintain their policies for a long time in the southern region. Woodard writes,“Since 1877, the driving force in American politics hasn’t primarily been a class struggle or tension between agrarian and commercial interests, or even between competing partisan ideologies, although each has played a role” (Woodard).
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