Choose a city or place in the southwestern portion of the United States. It can be your own hometown (if you are from the area) or a city in the southwest or Florida that you want to know more about. Write an essay about the last 500 years of that place in terms of colonization and coloniality. What did you learn about different groups of people and the different phases of colonization? How does the concept of coloniality relate to the place you are studying?
Colonization?
The historical phases of political power (Indigenous, colonial, Mexican, U.S.)
Coloniality of power?
