The Changing Role Of English In The Sixteenth Century

The rise of English-Americans was motivated by their intense missionary zeal and the increased poverty in England. They consisted of immigrants, indentured servants, and the high demand for their products by the Indian-Americans. However, settling became difficult with several challenges that led to colonies such as the Jamestown, and tobacco colonies. The conflicts during English settlement also contributed to the rise of religious homes in Maryland. After settling, they began to integrate their way of life characterized by the rise of puritanism – religious Protestants who believed the Church of England had many Catholic elements (Foner, 2014). This led to the division of English-Americans

The reign of King Henry VII, from 1485 to 1509, had occurred within a very particular historical moment¬¬– one characterized by its intermediate position, situated upon the cusp of a waning medieval schema and the gradual development of early modern ideals and practices. Considering that Henry’s reign had coincided with the beginnings of the English Renaissance, the first European expeditions that incited the Age of Exploration, the burgeoning influence of the printing press, and the swell of nationalism and consolidation of state power that was taking hold throughout the European continent, it would make sense to identify the reign of Henry VII, the first monarch of the new Tudor dynasty, as the entry point into the early modern era. However,

During the time period from 1924 - 1964, there was a lot of inclusion of ethnic immigrants coming into America. The country just went through a World War and immigration was strict. Immigrants were trying to come to America in search of jobs and freedom. But most of them came to a place of hard work and low pay, terrible living and dangerous job conditions. That was before the time period of 1924 - 1964.

Roman Catholics were the first genuine religious social occasion to move to the New World, as pioneers in the areas of Portugal and Spain and later France, were obliged to fit in with that certainty. English settlements included Anglicans, Dutch Calvinists, English Puritans, English Catholics, Scottish Presbyterians, French Huguenots, German and Swedish Lutherans, and also Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, Moravians and Jews of distinctive nationalities. Various social events of pioneers went to the Americas searching for the benefit to practice their religion without abuse. The Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century broke the solidarity of Western Christendom and incited the course of action of different new religious groups, which consistently

1. The main contours of English Colonization in the 17th century were Protestant motives to strike Catholicism, along with solving England’s social crisis. With the rumors of the Spanish Empire’s atrocities reaching England, one motive to colonize the America’s was to strike the Catholics, and save the natives from captivity (Foner 51). This shows an interesting aspect of the English Colonization: the English allowed their people to go colonize just to strike the opposing religious country. Along with this, England sending emigrants over solved their social crisis. Because of England’s growing population and economy, the amount of peasants in cities grew. This is because of landlords using land for sheep, which kicked out peasants from their land (Foner 51-52). England hoped that some people of the lower classes would then go to America: to be out of the big cities where important people were, while still helping England in it’s economy.

Racism is a belief that one race is superior or inferior to another race. And it is defined as hatred by one person to another due to their difference in skin color, beliefs, language and so on and so forth. One factor that promoted racism is darwinism. Today racism influenced hatred and discrimination. I am going to use two articles “Are prisons obsolete?”

The story took place in the 1930’s in a town called Maycomb, Alabama. The story is told to us by a young child in her perspective. It was during the time where racism was a big part of the word still. The story told by the child during a trail of an African American facing charges of rape of a white women. The child name is scout and her father Atticus given the trial to defend the African American name Tom Robison, but Atticus already knew how the outcome of the trial was going to be. Atticus raised his children Scout and Jem in a very different way from many different white folks raised their own. Jem and Scout get to see a different perspective of the world from their father Atticus and there black cook Calpurnia. Jem and Scout did not have a mother figure so Calpurnia took the role of being the mother figure by giving her life lesson to Scout and Jem. Jem and Scout to see the world how it is instead of seeing the black and white like most people. Atticus try’s to be honest with his children and does his best to explain things to his children that would make his children understand the situation. As a reader we see that Atticus try’s to do good for the community for the whites and blacks. He want his children to believe that tolerance of people and for the word of the bible, but to accept and forgive as well of other people way of thinking.

Last but not least, the Norman assault on England had a major effect on England’s past, but it also shaped the English language we use today. Firstly,

Perception, understanding and judgment of humankind were far backward in the sixteenth century. The English Empire was a huge colonial power in that era. They were discovering the places that have never touched by so-called fair-skinned people. English voyagers were able to reach the shores of West Africa after 1550. Until seventeenth century English colonials did not develop a slave trade. These small number of people set up an organized settlement in the foreign land. They were also able to keep their own laws and language. At Kormantin in 1631 Englishmen had their first settlement in Africa.

The English Language has been in existence for many years. This is thanks to many early conquers who spoke the language. As a result, today English is used by “at least one out of every seven human beings around on the globe” (Lederer 216). With that many speakers, the reality in Lederer’s words that “half of the world’s

Europe is a place where many countries speak different types of languages; one in particular would be the ‘Breton’ language in West Brittany, Europe. Breton is a L1 Brittonic language, brought from Great Britain to Armorica when Britons immigrated during the early Middle Ages. However, the Breton language was divided into three periods it being Old Breton, Middle Breton, and Modern Breton. Modern Breton is still spoken today; it was illustrated in 19th century by the publication of the Barzaz Breiz of Barzaz Breiz of La Villemarque. During the French Revolution, the government introduced policies favoring French over the regional languages, which it negatively referred to as nonstandard. However, the French government does not control the choice

The early modern history of cultural reformulation, the year 1501 of fashion consists of the aristocratic value of privilege (Auslander, 2012). The descending European aristocracy prompts the dominant power of the bourgeoisie to reflect the moral attitudes to accelerate the French upheaval (Kawamura, 2005). In addition, the Europeans of Latin language from Greek origin is for every official purpose in education.

Though there was no driving force like Luther, Zwingli or Calvin during the English Reformation, it succeeded because certain people strived for political power and not exactly for religious freedom. People like Queen Elizabeth I and Henry VIII brought the Reformation in England much success, however their reasons were based on self-gain and desire for political power.

Europe during the 16th century went through many changes. Due to the Renaissance and Humanism, Europe would see a great change in its structure, thus throwing itself into an age of creative individualism. The Renaissance infused Humanism into government and gave every man a right to his own will and future. This century also saw growth in the form of new lands, reformed government, and technological advances such as the printing press, which could not have arrived at a more perfect time. Europe was more literate and eager to learn than ever before, which can be credited to the Renaissance, and rapid growth of university. The mid 1500s also marked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution. All of these things considered, the Protestant Reformation may have been the most revolutionary event for Europe in the 16th century. It changed the way humans think about the Catholic Church and its politics. The importance of this reformation could not have been better stated than by Steven Kris in his lecture on the Protestant Reformation:

     “In the world were over seven thousand languages have exisisted, one language had become dominate. This dominant language is English.” “In the majority of countries throughout the world speak English as their second or first language, no longer just America or England.” English has taken many forms, American English, the Queen’s English, Australian, Canadian English, and several others. Even American English has taken several types of English, Jersey English, East Coast English, West Coast English, Southern English, slang English, and Ebonics. All of these languages have major variants between them, but are all of them are still understood aboard. Without English the world couldn’t operate,