The development of the United States of America is as a result of interactions with many people from different countries. Culture results from the interactions that took place in the past between people from different backgrounds. The United States of America is a country that has almost every person from all parts of the world. Before the civil war, there was a lot of interaction between the Native Americans and the Italians. Many people write the history of America but fail to show the impact that the Italians had in the state. The civil war was a war between the southern states also known as the ConfederateStates of America and the United States of America. There are mainly six Italian natives who contributed a lot to the change in the American society.
Among the five Italians whose history is known in the United of America, Giovanni Caboto (English name, John Cabot) is the most famous (Jones, 2008). During the period when Columbus discovered America, Cabot was living in England. Five years later he would begin his journey to America to achieve what is known as the most significant contribution by Italians to the development of the United States of America. Cabot is recognized as the first person who put the English flag in North America in 1497(Peter, 1979). He was the person who made North America be among the English speaking regions. Verrazano is also another prominent Italian who contributed a lot during the colonization of America by the British. He gave the French government the go-ahead to conquer the north of America. Initially, France had restricted its exploration to Canada with Britain in America. It is as a result of the fact that Verrazano allowed the French into the region that brought up the area known as Washington.
Another great Italian is Marco De Nizzais also remembered as the one that discovered the region of Arizona. Apart from the discovery that came from the exploration, he also influenced Coronado to do an investigation in the mid-west that opened up the part. His contribution led to many people recognizing the existence of the mid-west, and that is how it came to grow in the 1540s. Enrico Tonti also contributed a lot to the history of America. After the death of chief La Salle, he took over and ruled over the region of Chicago and New Orleans for twenty years. Though the American historians do not provide a lot of information about him, a comprehensive biography about him needs to do (Peter, 1979).
Father Chino also made remarkable contributions to the history of the country as being the person that introduced cattle farming in the region of California. It is the reason why the area still boasts of being a leader in the cattle industry. The last person on this list is Vigo, an explorer who discovered more than one of the modern states. The states of Ohio and Michigan were part of Canada before he helped remove and add them to the map of the United States of America. It is a contribution that has made him be respected in the region (Peter, 1979).
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Apart from these people, there are cultural and religious practices that resulted from the interaction between the Italian natives and the American natives. One person known as Dante is in records for leading a group of students to study the Italian religious doctrine beginning with the “prayer to the Virgin Mary.” During the reign of John Adams, the Italian language became famous as a result of interactions and campaigns by the Italian scholars to make it memorable. Many students in the United States of America became interested in the language, and as a result, they ended up studying it (Jones, 2006).
A lot of works in poetry, comedy and general entertainment genres continue to be studied in the United States of America. The only problem that the Italians encountered within that period is that there was a lot of British influence in the region that made it hard for Italy to become more famous (Mignolo, 2007). A lot of scholars continue to study the impacts that the Italians had in the American society during different periods. It is also as a result of the opening up of various regions by the Italians that many people saw it better to fight the slavery that was rampant during that time (Peter, 1979). A lot of economic practices also resulted from the Italian-American interaction before the period of civil war.
History is based on facts, without which we cannot claim that the Italians did not contribute any meaningful aspects to the development of the American society. There was an Italian in almost every aspect of life; this means that there is a little bit of Italian contribution to the history of the United States which has not been written by many historians. The American historians seem to avoid the effect that the Italians had on the development of the American society. With continued research, there are a lot of contributions that will be published and people will learn that Italy had a lot of significant influence on the lives of the people in America.
Interpretation
Poems contribute towards culture, and they are the main items that the Italian scholars used to pass their message to the natives. Up to date, many poets in the United States of America still make use of the styles used in the past to write their poems. It shows that the impact that the early Italians in America had is still felt today.
No one can talk about the history of United States without mentioning the input from the Italians. They are known to have contributed a lot towards the development of the society. As explorers, they led to the discovery of specific regions that are now known.
References
Jones, E. (2006). The Matthew of Bristol and the Financiers of John Cabot’s 1497 Voyage to North America. The English Historical Review, CXXI(492), 778–795. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cel106
Jones, E. T. (2008). Alwyn Ruddock: “John Cabot and the discovery of America.” Historical Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2007.00422.x
Mignolo, W. D. (2007). The Idea of Latin America. The Modern Language Review (Vol. 102). https://doi.org/10.2307/20467557
Peter S. (1979). The contribution of Italian to the US before the the civil war. 1st edition. Pg 149-163
