Rhiannon Pinson

Rhiannon Pinson English 205 March 10, 2019 Project 1 Submission In reading “The Squatter and the Don” we get a first-hand look at history through the eyes of someone experiencing the injustices of racism and broken promises from the United States.   Through her experience and writing, we can better learn from the mistakes in our past and better ourselves for the future.                 At the age of 16, Maria and her mother are moved to Monterey, California after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1869.   When this treaty was signed, all citizens were given the option for citizenship to the United States of to Mexico.   Those who chose the United States were moved farther North to Monterey and its surrounding areas.   Maria and her mother were some of the 480 Baja Californians that were relocated as a condition of this Treaty.   The Treaty guaranteed all citizens a fair re...

How did the reading go for you this week? What struck you the most in this week's reading? Were there ideas you struggled with?       Readings went well for me this week.  I struggled with the reading regarding Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton only because the content I found to be incredibly frustrating and sad for those involved.  The "land commissions" established to determine land titles which essentially allowed rightfully owned land to be stolen was heartbreaking and a theme that we see repeated throughout history and continue to see today in some ways without the commissions. Where did you do your best writing this week — in this class? In another class?  Have you discovered some good strategies for helping yourself focus on writing for this class?     The best strategy I can use right now is to take advantage of my days off of work to do my readings and posts.  Allowing myself more time away from work is giving me more much needed s...

Falling behind but finally have a day off of work and am planning on using the time to catch up and get back on track.  I will be utilizing the option to do extra credit in the coming weeks to help make up for the pieces I am missing.

Maria Amparo Ruiz De Burton 1832-1894 Met Henry Burton of US Army in July 1847 As  a condition of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hiladgo in 1848, 480 Baja Californians were shipped off to Monterey 16 year old Maria and her mother 1849 married Burton Burton contracted malaria in the Civil War and died in 1869 Maria wrote "Who Would Have Thought It" in 1872 parody historical romance The Squatter and the Don 1885 was the first novel by a Mexican American woman - expose of the common practice of land "squatting" Squatter's Sovereignty on the wane and the squatter vote was no longer in power William Darrel believed land belonged to the US and wanted to take it back cattle killed or stolen, laws do not protect original owner state legislators make laws to protect agriculture but not cattle "land commission" established to examine land titles during litigation, rightful owners paid taxes on land being cultivated while the titles were in court

Ambrose Bierce 1842-1914? California works: 3 voices. Psychological trauma in war, dark comic satirist, investigative reporter  Traveled to DC to expose railroad corruption  Crossed the border in 1914 to join Mexican revolution  “Machine: any instrument or organization by which pose is applied and made effective, or a desired effect produced. Well then, is not man a machine?”   Life is a definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive in correspondence with external co-existences and sequences  Consciousness is the creature of Rhythm.  Endless variety and excitement of philosophical thought