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Emmanuel Toledo
Professor Tomora Hoskisson
December 8, 2017
Reflection Final
History 1700

Final Reflection
I learned a lot in History 1700, especially in chapters 1 through 3. I always thought I was

familiar with history but taking this class, I quickly realized I did not know very much. It was

interesting learning about the colonies and how they would often be in dire situations. They

suffered famine, disease and death. The Native Americans also experienced the deaths of their

families and were often in desperate situations as well.

Professor Hoskisson truthfully said that the Native Americans could have easily taken out

the colonists. However, instead of taking advantage of their situation, the Native American chief

devised a plan to help them because they wanted something in return, an alliance and trade. If the

colonist wanted to survive they would have to send one person to the Native Americans to show

good faith and trust. Once they showed that they could trust them, they combined forces with the

colonists to take out their rival tribes.

Through this alliance with the Native Americans the colonists were able to stabilize their

food and supplies. The Native Americans and the colonist gathered together in celebration. This

celebration would be known as Thanksgiving Day for years to come. The irony is, once the

colonies began to prosper again and more people arrived their alliance began to crumble. They

began taking over the land in a rapid rate and they forgot the alliance that they formed with the

Native Americans. The chief leader tried to trade with them to ensure their own future survival.

This was heartbreaking for me, after they gave so much they lost their lands and a lot of the peace

they had established.

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Moreover, another time that we learned about that fascinated me was the Cold War.

Professor Hoskisson told all the class; that the Cold War started in 1917 by the dethroning of the

Russian Czar. Joseph Stalin, who would later be known as the dictator of the Soviet Union, was

among the group that dethroned the Russian Czar. The lower class was tired of the upper class

having so much splendor in resources while they starved and struggled to earn a living. This

ultimately lead to the revolt.

In addition, we learned about the role that Karl Marx, a highly educated man, played in the

class system. While studying in France, Marx noticed the great separation between upper and

lower class. The upper class were vastly wealthy in comparison to the lower working class, who

frequently struggled to make ends meet. Karl Marx came up with a theory that would be known

as Marxs theory of human development. There are four developments: tribal society, feudalism,

capitalism, and then communism. This opened my eyes greatly because I have never viewed it like

this before. The concept that got my attention the most was that of communism and how it had

been shown in a negative light. I have always been taught that communism is a bad thing, because

of the leaders who use it to control peoples lives instead of using it in everyones benefits.

During the Cold War, United States and Soviet Union wanted their ideals and powers to

hold tight on territories in Europe, Middle East, and Asian areas. It is capitalist versus communism.

Does it not it seems extremely arrogant to force people to accept their ideals. As Professor

Hoskisson had taught it is to prevent communism from spreading. Understanding that communism

itself is not necessarily bad although, problem is that you cannot control people since communism

would never work. Not as long people has individual thoughts and choices that people make that

creates conflict of all ages.

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Learning from Professor Hoskisson, concluding that we the people cannot afford to be

ignorant specially this day and age. Like Professor Hoskisson had taught me that we have evidence

and history that intend to repeat themselves today and even the future. Knowing the past will

impact my future and possibly help not myself but, help other to be better what they are now.