Chesapeake Region Essay

Clash with the Chesapeake - When they first arrived, they encoutered the chieftain Powhatan who asserted supremacy of the James river, he considered the settleres as future allies so didn't do much but tensions were still high. Once Lord De La Warr arrived he placed "irish tactics" against the indians basically rainding villages, burning houses, doing bad stuff to them. The marriage of Pocahontas to John rolfe ended this first anglo-powhatan war. But eventually the Indians fought back killing…

The great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best in his speech, "I Have a Dream." He quoted," I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." He made this statement in 1963, but in America of the 21st century, are we still being judged by the color of our skin and not the content of our character? I believe that among the African American community, there has been multiple…

Powderly William Graham Sumner John P. Altgeld Samuel Gompers What was the impact of the transcontinental rail system on the American economy and society in the late nineteenth century? 2) How did the huge industrial trusts develop in industries such as steel and oil, and what was their effect on the economy? 3) What was the effect of the new industrial revolution on American laborers, and how did various labor organizations attempt to respond to the new conditions? 4) The…