The settlers began to farm tobacco, which quickly became a profitable crop. ... The desire to attain land in the West often led colonists to ignore treaties as Indians were unlawfully and unfairly removed from their homes and farms, (Morgan 394). ... The gold rushes in the Western territories devastated the Indian's land and farms, despoiled sacred sites, and led to the extermination of whole tribes, (Villarde). ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It would be wrong to suggest that they did not believe in the concept at all, "since often Indian chiefs would allot a piece of land to a particular family, on which they could build their home and farm with almost the same private property rights as the Europeans." ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They made sure to use every part of a hunted animal for either food or clothing and took very good care of the land by only taking what they needed when it came to gathering food for their families. ... Indians were commonly placed on rocky and hilly terrain which was extremely difficult to farm and irrigate. ... Alcoholism and drug abuse turned into a major problem on the reservations which tore families apart and in some cases was fatal. ...

• Word Count: 1404
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They were completely wrong as we can read in Martin Manning book titled Encyclopedia of media and propaganda in wartime America which says that Indians often get "()desert and near desert farms unsuitable for farming. ... "To each head of family, one- quarter of a section; To each single person over eighteen years of age, one- eighth of a section; To each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one- eighth of section; and to each other single person under eighteen years now living, or who may be born prior to the date of order of the President directing an allotment of the lands em...

• Word Count: 1836
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Origins of A Diverse and Tolerant Landscape Ethnic and religious diversity in Colonial America varies drastically as you observe the various colonies, all in which have different economies that require an assortment of conditions. Several areas of Colonial America were inhabited by aristocrats, ...

• Word Count: 1247
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Within this tale, there is always the mention of the Native Americans, the ones who taught us to farm and understand the ways the North American lands worked in comparison to European ones most of the travelers had previously been accustomed. ... Paul Dunbar's "Sympathy" paints this metaphor between him and his race, the gap and loss of this time, and the brutality it leaves upon the souls generation after generation of black families whose ancestors were once slaves. ... We are given a peak into what they have gone through, and how white people have destroyed their lives and ha...

• Word Count: 1871
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate