... This chapter begins to introduce in detail the difference in how the Native Americans and English colonists lived on the land. He introduces one of the ways the Native Americans manipulated their environment with their "woodland burning ". The Native Americans used this method of setting fire to the forest as a way to allow an ample amount of sunlight in order to ensure the growth and blossoming of ... most sought after of colonial trees ", the white pine. The English colonists would utilize the white pine for crucial purposes such as ship construction. On page 28, William Wood elaborate...

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