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Always remember to make good choices, because small mistakes could lead to big ones. This is an important lesson because this started to happened to Jamestown, Virginia on May 13, 1607. This town was named after King James the first. Colonists died in early Jamestown because of a few problems. Some problems include as massive droughts, lack of surgeons, and diseases. The first problem in Jamestown was the massive drought. In document B, the graph presents that there was a massive drought for…

After the Civil War, many people moved to the Far West due to its wet and lush territory, high mountains, flat plains, treeless prairies and great forests. These different societies that developed in the “Far West” included the Western Tribes, the Spanish, Chinese immigrants and white settlers. Firstly, the Plains Indians, the most powerful of the Indian tribes, adapted to the new environment of the Far West by hunting buffalo, which was a big part of their livelihood as they used it for their…

Moving to The Rainforest About a month ago, a terrible tornado went through our town. It destroyed most houses and most buildings, including our school. So we had to go somewhere else, we are going to the rain forest. The rainforest is going to be in Brazil it is going to be a very big change in our lifestyle. The rainforest will be very different because we were in the middle of Kansas. The best part of having a school in the rainforest is that it will always be fun. You will also learn…

LOCATION Our beautiful colony has rolling hill,high mountains and meandering rivers, with the hills overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.He also posses a large amount of open soil,perfect for those pursuing the farming profession.Another attraction is the beautiful Hudson River, and Mohawk rivers,our major waterways and the soaring Appalachian mountains. New York is in the middle colonies HISTORY In 1626,our glorious founder,The Duke of York,came to what is now our colony…

In the 1930’s a Dust Bowl destroyed many states including Oklahoma, Kansas, and even as far West in California. This was discouraging for many that were already in a hardship from the stock market crash and high unemployment. With no savings and no money to feed their families the Dust Bowl made the situation worse when it ruined crops and farms that people made a living off and fed from. At a time when everyone would lose faith and become unbearable John Steinbeck published a book called The…

According to Tyler Troudt once said, “The past cannot be changed forgotten to edit or erased it can only be accepted.” In the book The Lakota Way, it is talking about all the old stories that no one talks about anymore. Some of the stories are about respect, honor, love, sacrifice, truth, bravery. Joseph M. Marshall the third wrote this story so that young adults around the world and mainly the Lakota people know their culture, so they knew all the stories about the people long ago. What the…

Hidden away in South Dakota lies the forgotten Indigenous people of The Pine Ridge Reservation. The Pine Ridge reservation was established in 1878. It is the second largest reservation in the United States, bigger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined. The reservation is about 2.7 million acres but only half of it belongs to the Lakota people, it is the home to about 28,000 to 40,000 people in Lakota and Sioux tribes. According to an demographics article, 35 percent of the population is under…

Vermont’s land began to weaken because of the intense deforestation in order to make room for vast merino wool farms and increasing numbers of crop farms after 1811. With the growing realization of land deterioration, Vermonters started to worry about Vermont’s land becoming unsupportive, which could cause economic decline. The decline in soil quality was drastic, which led to the decline in the number of farm animals the land could support. Vermonters had no idea how drastically they were…

before the next wave hit.“The dust was beginning to make living things sick. Animals were found dead in the fields, their stomachs coated with two inches of dirt. People spat up clods of dirt as big around as a pencil. An epidemic raged throughout the Plains: they called it dust pneumonia.”("Surviving the Dust Bowl"). Dust pneumonia was a big issue during the dust bowl. Lives were lost daily and livestock was found dead because with every breath they would breathe in the dust. Because of the…

The library’s inscription merely reads “BINGHAMTON PVBLIC LIBRARY,” which merely offers a descriptor of the building. The use of “V” in place “U” is also a reference to Roman inscriptions. Much as the Pantheon’s constructor Hadrian legitimized his rule by connecting himself to the legendary Marcus Agrippa with the entablature, the library inscription creates legitimacy by reminding viewers of the magnificence of Roman culture, implying the same magnificence will be found…