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    Early Jamestown Dbq Essay

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    In early 1607, Englishmen had colonized in the New World, unknowing the difficult life ahead of them. The people were unaware the harsh winters, severe droughts, salt-fresh water transition, and Natives living beside them. Due to their ignorance, it resulted in many colonists to drop dead. In the colony of Jamestown, numerous settlers had died from the starvation and lack of fresh water, disease, and their relations with the Powhatans. Initially, the people of Jamestown died from their lack of…

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    In the 1930s. Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado were hit by big storms that destroyed almost everything. The dust storms ruined the land and the lives of the people that lived there. The people eventually had to move west. The Plains area was mostly dry grasslands and if the farmers worked hard they were able to grow wheat and corn and also raise cattle. Also, the drought could practically take the farmer’s farms and the Mortgage companies would take the farms and…

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    In the article “Mass Exodus From the Plains”, 2.5 million people left the Plains and migrated to the west coast because of the relentless dust storms and drought. If that didn’t drive the remaining people away to California, then certainly the bank foreclosures did. Out of the 2.5 million who had left the Plains, 200,000 of them had moved to California. Unfortunately, their movement wasn’t accepted in California- the police chief of California went so far as to call forth 125 policemen to turn…

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    1888 Blizzard Essay

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    One of the most tragedies disasters are on January 12, 1888 a blizzard in the center of the North America. That blizzard hit the settlers coming from Europe to the North Dakota, and South Dakota to search for an opportunity to acquire farmland there. The storm killing between 250 -500 the factors that made the higher number of death from that blizzard due to the several factors including a failure technology for alert system, bad luck, and bad timing. During 1888 that time weather forecast does…

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    farmers were either tenant or sharecroppers. Simultaneously with the Great Depression, and conceivably causing as much damage as the Great Depression, was the infamous Dust Bowl. Due to poor farming techniques, a vast amount of excess dust and soil gathered and accumulated over time. After an extremely dry season, the overabundance of dust and dirt over southern farms proved disastrous economically and agriculturally for large portions of the Sunbelt, primarily in Texas and…

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    I am a strongly respected woman of this civilization and will not stand for the Witch Trials to continue on any longer. The town has been under siege for long enough. I demand you stop them at once because of how much damage they have caused. The town will soon be in ruins. The only way to stop this is if you stop condemning the people, witch or not. The town’s economy will be damaged due to the Witch Trials. Many of those convicted were farmers who helped supply us with the food we need for…

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    Horse Slaughter Issues

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    Unwanted horses represent a subset of horses within the domestic equine population that are no longer needed, useful, or whose owners are no longer interested or capable of financially or physically caring for them (Messer et al, 2004). Most unwanted equines unable to be re-homed or sold will be sent to slaughter, euthanized, disposed of through rendering, or abandoned and left to die of natural causes (Messer et al, 2004). The global recession which commenced in 2008 has caused horses in many…

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    Pig poop in North Carolina has become quite a problem along the coast. There is several different ways people believe that this can be fixed. Some believe the problem can be fixed with new technology, others think it can be fixed by more strict laws, and others are worried about the bacteria getting into their water and air. This paper gives some ideas of why people are worried and how these problems can be fixed. The first problem could possibly be the biggest problem. What should farmers do…

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    Cotton History

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    The production of cotton began in the early 1900s on the South Plains through a man named P. Florence (Howell, 1976). Florence started growing cotton because he grew up in a cotton patch and had no idea of what else to do with the rich land he found when he came into the city of Slaton, Texas which is located on the southeast part of Lubbock County. At the turn of the century, Florence came into West Texas with his family in search of greener pastures. Cotton growing was the main talent…

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    In 2014 california faced a major drought. The government stopped sending local farmers water and tons of their crops and animals died. People need to start saving water announced Senator Jerry Brown. Even the San Luis Reservoir wasn’t close to being full it was only half way! Prices were raised and water was wasted by people who watered their lawns and many more things. Many bad things were happening in california more fires burned more money was wasted and much much more. Farmers…

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