1. Changes in the Land by William Cronon
... ample amount 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 elaborates on how the Native Americans' woodland burning ironically resulted in another appreciated asset of the forest by the English colonists. The "thickets " created by the Native Americans' burning of the underbrush is described on page 28 as "an ... , strategically planning and preparing for food production based on ecological factors, and the idea of living a completely mobile lifestyle i...
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- Grade Level: Graduate