Some things will never change. This is true of the trends in America's past. When the first Englishmen settled here, up until the present day, we have time and time again gotten ourselves into the same sticky situations. From the beginning, the country has continually experienced racism, foreign disputes, and money issues. Racism was first present in the first colonies that settled here in America. This first instance of racism in the colonies wasn't directed towards African people, but towards the Native Americans. Early Americans thought of the Native Americans as unclean, uncivilized savages. The Native Americans were trea ...view middle of the document...
Foreign policy has always been an issue for America. It all started when the thirteen original colonies were formed, and hasn't ended yet. The obvious problems came about after the colonies decided that they wanted to gain independence from England, but there was the big slave trade with Africa, as well. There weren't many problems in the relationships of the Europeans and Africans, mainly because the Africans didn't have a centralized government, and deals were made through individual tribes. Problems also arose between France and America, but that wasn't until the war started. The per capita income in the USA is higher than anywhere else in the world, so it's surprising that we came from such humble beginnings. In the beginning, we were in a huge amount of debt due to the Boston Tea Party. Ben Franklin had promised England that the US would pay back the money for the tea that was dumped overboard, and to this day, England hasn't seen a dime of it. Shortly after the Revolution, France asked for money, and we gave it to them. This put us even further behind. Plus, economic growth practically stopped in the south just before the Civil war. Obviously, the US has made some of the same mistakes more than once, but each time our government makes one, the country seems to learn from it. History really does repeat itself, and some things will never change.
