History 1301

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History 1301

The title of the first picture is “the critical period: 1783-1789” and is likely to a presentation of the happenings during that period of time. There is no known author that is presented in the picture but the picture happens to be one showing the historical context of the United States of America. The picture mainly shows a boat moving towards a steep edge that can probably result into an accident. The people on the boat seem like they are celebrating something. It is a cartoon that was drawn to show the situation as it was after America attained independence. Most people celebrated without knowing of the impending problems that they would have to face in the next days. The movement of the boat shows the movement of the days as the people move towards self government. Towards the left end of the picture, it seems like the country was headed for an anarchy type of rule. The picture presents the manner in which independence could also come with its own problems. Many people thought that it would be better if they stayed on their own but did not take time to look at the problems that they could be facing in the next few days.

The historical context of the picture seems to be a period after independence. The author of the piece wanted to warn the people celebrating that it was too early to celebrate. The author wanted to inform the public that there could be other serious challenges they would have to deal with if they were to rule themselves. Different bodies within America were already forming and it was possible that each one of them wanted to be recognized as the leaders of the country. It is a factor that made it easy for the author to show the message. The cartoon was mainly published to bring to the attention of the people that they would more problems to deal with.

Picture 2

The second picture does not have a title but shows people towards the western side. It is a picture that shows people moving in groups and even carrying their belonging as if they are searching for new settlement. The bigger clearly shows that the speed with which the people needed to move to the western was urgent. The dress code of the people clearly shows that they were colonizers who had visited the country and were now moving to the interior of the country. It is the period of the westward movement when the white setters had just got into America and settled at the Atlantic coast and were interested in getting into the inland. The picture clearly shows the difference between the places where they are walking from and where they are headed to. From where they are coming, there is few vegetation cover which shows that they had a lot of interest in activities that ended up clearing the natural vegetation cover in the region.

The picture also shows the extent to which the people are increasing in number. Most of the colonizers got to America during this period and headed towards the inland because the coastal region had already been occupied by their colleagues. As they came into the darker part of the country, they also brought with them good things like electricity which is the reason why the eastern side of the picture is brighter than the right side. The author of the picture wanted to show the manner in which the Britons entered America and effect of their stay in the country. The author published the cartoon to clearly show how colonizers moved from the coastal region to the inlands.

Works cited

Armitage, David. The Declaration Of Independence: A Global History, Cambridge, Massachusetts:Harvard University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-674-02282-9.

Ross, Dorothy. The Origins of American Social Science (1992), pp. 143–71, 303–89 on early sociological studies