Body tattooing was common to both genders. The Winnebago’s named themselves the Ho-chunk. The Ho-Chunks are originally from the Illinois and Wisconsin by the Great Lakes. In the 19th century the U.S. government forced the Winnebago and Ho-chunk tribes to move their reservations west of Wisconsin to Minnesota, North Dakota and finally in Nebraska. Through these moves, many tribe members returned to previous homes.
In 1794 four Yazoo companies bribed and intimidated a bill through the assembly that sold them between thirty-five to fifty million acres of land for only $500,000. Once the bill passed there was a public outcry. There was a major upheaval in Georgia because of the methods used to pass the bill. Eventually the act was rescinded in 1796. All records of the bills and resulting sales were burned in front of the State Capital.
The tough climate made it very difficult for the colonists to survive. The extreme weather in Jamestown resulted in the death of many settlers. According to the “Background Essay”, “Of the 110 original settlers, only 40 would be alive at the end of December.” This tells that during December, the season would be Winter. This means that due to the cold and harsh Winters, the colonists could have died. The rough Winter most likely was the cause to 70 deaths.
President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico at the time, started to move the governmental system of Mexico towards a dictatorship. This in conjunction with the annulment of the constitution of 1824 early in the year of 1835 cause compelled large numbers of federalists to revolt. Though Texas was a part of Mexico at the time, many of its residents were used to a federalist government paired with vast amounts of freedoms. One of these freedoms that these residents missed the most was freedom, and the right, to own slaves. The Texians became quite displeased with Mexico’s shift towards centralism and their abolition of slavery in 1831.
According to Ruth Hagman, “In the late fifteen-hundreds, the Crow broke away from the Hidatsa, who were farmers” (5). Hagman also adds that “The Crow became buffalo, or bison, hunters. They followed the buffalo herds” (6). This is somewhat ironic due to the fact that the Hidatsa had made a transition “from being nomads to living [and farming] in one area” (Doherty 4). Doherty mentions that “Tobacco was the only crop the Crow grew, and it was grown
During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4,000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the "Trail of Tears." The Choctaws and Chickasaws began their removal to the west without force by the Government. In 1836, Creeks who clung to their homes and refused the “voluntary” removal ran the risk of having their land taken and were then removed with force. The majority of the Seminole tribe in Florida were eventually forced out, but only after a seven year war between 1835 and 1842 cost the Government over $20 million.
Agrarian republicanism is what Thomas Jefferson strived for America to take as a form of the nation. Agrarian republicanism consisted of a nation of small family farms clustered tighter in rural communities. As he was in the White House, he bred some new traits of the developing nation. Although Jefferson started to establish his clearly defined idea of what form the American nation should take of agrarian republicanism as president, there were many issues and forces that threatened its survival by 1826 including westward expansion, slavery, and the economics of the time. As seen in Document A, Jefferson’s vision of an agrarian republic nation consisted of farmers who work on their own land producing mostly subsistence crops, little or no slave laborers with a relaxed, unscheduled work pace, and a ranch surrounded by crops secluded from most others in a small community.
The southern style was that of, as mentioned in the first constitution, a distrustful people as far as government is concerned. Because of this distrust the constitution also limited executive authority by establishing the governors term of service to be 2 years and legislative sessions to be held biennialy. The Spanish influence can also be seen in the property rights given to the women and the communal property laws, which stated that women must be given ½ of the value of all property acquired during the marriage. The Statehood Constitution lasted till 1861 when Texas decided to join the Confederacy in the Civil War. In 1861 the Texas Constitution was changed yet again.
Millions of people lost their jobs during these tragic times, and left their homes in pursuit of securing work, but most fell short. As a result, many found themselves homeless and struggling for survival. Tom Kromer, who was twenty-three years old at the time, published a book in 1935 titled “Waiting for Nothing”, wherein he gave descriptive accounts of the cruel conditions
This stemmed from the fall of dictator Said Barre’s communist government. Within 2 months, 20,000 people were killed (Forrest 1). The fuel for this fire was inter-clan strife. The various clans were all vying to fill the vacuum formed by the fall of the government. Then, things got worst.