Fourth Sins

Of course we can’t blame the sin of the fathers to the sons but Santayana said if we do not learn from our history we are to commit the same errors again. I strong believe we are all the same and our Eden is in Africa-Ethiopia. Our DNA does not difference between race, religion or even DNA differences from the sexes is just biology for continuation of the human species, but nothing behind that. But because the significance we need to demystify what make us secure. Each society built the own mythology to some ways to create an exceptionalism experience to create identity.
We create a mythology base in our own historical perspective and for a society to advance their perspective. Like any mythology have many complications where facts, reality are mix to advance specific view, in the case of US we have fourth myths which developed the fantasy of US.
I. The Island: The events of 1776 where about power or more specific the leadership power about the creation of a continental nation. Kevin Carson in his book “studies in Mutualist Political Economy”, he describes the loss of land in the time of William conquest of England, where the natives in the British Island happen even the ones had titles began to pay tax and their land which the own to the new lords and common land was lost. The consequence the colonization of the Americas by English was done though a mix of private and crown. Where the French and Spanish colonization was done almost by the crowns. The British introduced land ownership given by the crown. The definition given by the British Crown created an initial conflict with the first nation definition of ownership in most of the cases ownership is temporal and where European tradition property was permanent and can be transfer. The story of the British colonization was base on individual who took this path he had obligation to pay by given seven years to the right of passage and return he will get a title land in most case, since the lord in England already had made claim. The right to land was enough to take a risk in the new colony, of course the first nations lost just not only by decease, but the lost of land was lost to the colony. The consequence of this type of colonization was the every new colonizer had land and he will spend time developing there own land, so he was not a hand for hire. The crops which need intensive manual work like tobacco and rice made need to introduction of slave as free labor. During the seven years war between French and British control of the North America colony, the British to obtain first nation support promise not expansion past Fort Duquesne or Pittsburgh today, in return the first nation will confront the French. Since the French had their own support in the first nations and French colonization intermarriage with natives was never like British where was at minimum, since the British wanted the land and French more towards the exploitation of the land. In the time Tomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin demanded the right of continental nation and from the beginning the colonies wanted European influence out in part to the right to define access to the land. The revolt against the taxes impose by British crown due to the fact the crown was broke and logic of the crown since the French Indians war was to maintain the power of English settlers, they should pay for the war. The British settlers felt, they have pay with blond and moreover the British crown limited the land expansion a full scale revolt. The US colonies twice try to force the expulsion British in upper Canada first in 1776’s war of independence, the colonist got up to Montreal and they try to convince French Quebec to help the expulsion of the British since French Colonies had grievances, but British wanted maintain power, they found away to accommodate, but the French where nor favor of the melted pot concept, at least with British they had chance to maintain the French identity. After expulsion of the French from Quebec and French settlers from Nova Scotia, the British to maintain power they changes many of their policies to be able like give freedom to slaves, since the South colonies the agriculture economy use crops intensive manual work base on slave. In 1776’s war the colonies not just Montreal is a target but also Quebec City and the military expedition had all maps the lost supplies in their way to Quebec. In any case the American Colonies did not get help from the French colony of Quebec because they will not be able to maintain their identity we will talk is a fourth sin they lost of any previous life in some ways reinforce the sense of isolation found in a island. The second try to capture Upper Canada was in 1812 war. The Governor of Indiana territory enter Canada from Fort Detroit, but not just the Canadian British stop, but in the mist of then in Brampton, some of first nations (the Mohicans one of the seven nations of to day New York), they took side with British in 1776 stop the US of America. With the Purchase of Louisiana Territory by Thomas Jefferson and later on, the expulsion of first nation’s from all the territories and later on Alaska from the Russia. Spain and eventually Mexico the continental nation was achieve, only Russia which span to 12 time zones there is continental nation. After civil war of US in 1863, the secretary of war said the will of God was US to have Canada. The Canadians when to motherland and Queen Victoria gave the right of confederation. The consequences the US is a isolate nation to rest of world, two major Oceans and the fact Canada is British colony due share some cultural similarities, but Canada is more close to the British Crown and Canada has developed multi-culture society as respond of being part of British Empire. Canada is inhabited along border and population is dense, like Europe, where US population still is dispersed. The southern border after Texas independence of Mexico, the speaking Spanish had limited influence up to know, where for political and economic reasons there is a big migration. The Island mentality created an isolation where people are accustoming to personal space and collective need is take by individualism needs. They idea of collective need is left to the rough individualist.
II. Slaves: As mention in the previous section the unlimited access to land limited the hands to work the land and price of working hand was too expensive for the average and even the no so average land holder. The investors who brought the colonist in some instance they when back to the promise and a trail of broken promises. The use of slaves is not new in Human history, Rome; Athens was built on the economy of slaves. Religions where are Christians, Judaism and Islam are been tolerant of slaves, including polytheistic religion. The innovation of Slave trade in North America colonies race. Maryland in 1639 introduce a law where a Black Slaves converted to Christianity does not give freedom and later on Virginia and other colonies not slave son will be born to be free. Later on Virginia laws in 1705 guaranty a permanent slave status to all generations, because color of the skin will guaranty. The ambivalence and the contradiction was in Thomas Jefferson, where he had children of her slave in the same time propose to send African Americas to what is today Liberia. But the ambivalence of Jefferson was not alone, despite Christian movements in many instances where the spear head to stop not just slave trade, but to stop the practice on the other hand the slave owners use religion, the course of Noah to his son to justify the slave trade. The revival from 1857-1860 in US, which originated in England, as respond to Darwin and the pragmatism from his evolution theory. In US one effect was abolitionism movement, where the Quaker began movement to stop slave ownership and member who resisted where expel. In many case the slave revolt against the oppression and the brutality of the system. Respond to brutality was the rail road underground, which help families escape north and to Canada, where are free. The southern states use the federal government to implement the run away slaves laws. The prelude to fact in the constitution the slave owners there vote had a value 3/5 for every slave owned. The was a equilibrium between the North and South, but with new territories the question of free and slave owners become a political issue, since the south fear will lost political power if the territory will be free and contentious become when territories were divide. The civil war began dealing with that issue of emancipation 1863, three years after the civil war began, had to do to brake south. The south was depending totally on slave labor. The north benefits of the capital of south, but was in the cycle of capital movement. The Few years ago, place like Brown University the benefactor which University has name, his fortune was made on slave trade. New York City on the eve of Civil war wanted to subside of the Union, since the financial capital was from the Southern plantation. Aetna insurance will lend money using slaves as collateral and if the barrow will default the slaves were sold to market to recoup the funds. The south sold the commodities, tobacco and rice to Europe. The profit when to the north to Philadelphia, New York, Connecticut and Rode Island, to the ship yards to produce ship to transport product to Europe and in early times to get captive slaves. The slave trade had willing partners not just Portuguese, Spanish, French, Deutsch or English, but Muslins and Africans who where in case capture village to be sold. The Capital flow from south when financial institutions which invested in Railways and factories, steel, the economy was intertwine with slave trade. The origins of the civil war never had a conviction of equality after the reconstruction 1877 and south with introduction of Cotton and need cheap labor when back to slaves, but south deny not freedom since 1865 the thirteen Amendment to the constitution prohibit slaves, but Southern states pass laws to legally discriminate Jim Crow Laws, the law define concept separate and equal and in same instance deny access to Blacks to public education, public transportation and the legality was uphold by US supreme court, the legality ended in 1965 with the Civil Rights Act, but economic ramification of the 500 years of slave trade in US, the country has not come to terms.
III. God and Religion: Religion in US had special mythology, since the myth tells pilgrims come to colonies to escape the oppression of English Anglican church. The story is complicate in Massachusetts the Puritans for period of eleven years will not celebrate Christmas since was consider pagan or the famous trial in Salem. Religious intolerances was not just Boston, in New Amsterdam the Dutch Authority had issues when Portuguese Jews where amount them. The strand tradition of protestant in the colonies was base on individualist and materialistic Calvinist. The religious awaking moments in US where are in South on the North appeal deal with an emotional comfort due to the spread and isolation. The second reason is emotional comfort, due to the mobility the sense collective does not exist. To day is the case where mega churches with 5,000 people feel a sense of community. Religion is the only social connection.
IV. The Melting Pot: The idea, if you leave your parents identity and embrace the individualism of US, in return will give you access to dream, the protestant dream, where today Catholics, Jews and Muslins are protestant. The dream is material wealth, house, car and access education to the generations to come, to achieve that dream. Working class after WWII, white US had access to education thought GI Bill or house, note the African Americans veterans of the war were deny. Of course US with a population of 300 Million and expected 100 Million in the next 40 years new elite are being created. The US had elites, but elites in US had no been permanent from land owners, industrialist and now a managerial class, because the expansion and development of country opportunities were created. But all that was possible since development was in local level, since the age of exploration, the world has been interconnected in ways the time walls needed to created isolated communities do not exits any more. Individual nation changes are no more possible consequences from social behavior and consumption has global implication, from environment to social and political.