Michigan: A Land of Fortune The Story of John Jacob Astor and how Michigan Made His Fortune John Jacob Astor was a man that many today consider the first multi-millionaire in the United States. ... The center of the fishing industry was in La Pointe in the Apostle Islands; however, the inspector for all of the company's fish was located in Sault Ste. ... John Jacob Astor was a man that utilized the environment and natural resources of the state of Michigan, as well as those who inhabited it, to make a great fortune. ... If one is to look at the impact that this man played in Michigan...

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The Vikings lived day to day in a constant struggle to get all the resources they needed for survival. ... Before long Leif spotted the man and noticed that the man looked very happy, almost elated. Leif asked the man " Wherefore art though so belated, foster-father mine, and astray from the others (10)?" To which the man replied "I did not go much further [than you], and yet I have something of novelty to relate. ... Another aspect of Vineland that the Vikings appreciated was the relatively mild seasons. ...

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Dunbar begins a new life in a remote, isolated outpost, Fort Sedgewick, in the wilderness of the Dakota territory where he is the only white man around for miles. ... With John Dunbar, we encounter a complex culture, remarkably adapted to the natural rhythms of the land and season, its people loath to fight for the sake of territory, wealth or abstract political interests. ... Thus, all they tend to do is "to look for even more demeaning negatives to affect the newly discovered positives." ... Firstly, they both concur that despite all of the film's good inte...

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All three of these cultures believed in different religions, held different values, and allocated different responsibilities among the sexes. ... It was the woman who was created from man, and it was the woman who gave in to temptation, going against the will of the creator. ... When a woman married, all that she owned or inherited became her husband's, this included her very body. ... And in that case, and in all other cases afore-mentioned, a bill of divorce may be granted by the superior court...... So, if a man had done the same thing, would he also be banished as Anne ...

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The Native Americans saw their lives in the land as symbiotic relationship meaning that they respected their environment and the laws of nature in all regards. ... The exploitation of seasonal diversity referred to is the natural migration of animals based on the season changes. ... " "As William Wood observed, the fire 'consumes all the underwood and rubbish which otherwise would overgrow the country, making it unpassable and spoil their much affected hunting'" (Cronon 49) While the Native Americans depended on the exploitation of seasonal diversity the Europeans bel...

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This treaty closed the land to all non-Native Americans; however the Texas ranchers driving their herds north to Kansas would look with envy to graze their cattle on that land. ... [T]here they gain a knowledge of how the white man lives and "earns his bread by the sweat of his brow (Stewart, 1905).... While this freed all the African Americans and even led to a short period of increased prosperity for them, the Jim Crow laws would quickly relegate them back to second class status (Healey, 2012). ... Celebrating births and changing of seasons, mourning the loss of tribal members, to prepa...

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