As major settlement began in the new world, major trail building began in order to establish trade between the colonies. ... The Erie Canal started in Albany on the Hudson River and traveled up the state of New York to Buffalo to Lake Erie. ...
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27,1858 in New York. ... Theodore did that, during the change of a new century. ... They were known as the "Buffalo Soldiers". ... To test out his new navy, he won the revolution in the Colombian province of Panama. ... The chief engineer of the New Panama Canal Company organized a local revolt. ...
As the whites moved through the Indian territories they scared off the buffalo which was the Indians major source of food, clothing, hunting supplies, and fuel. ... Industrialization In the 1880's new immigrants started coming to the U.S. These new immigrants were darker skinned then the old immigrants, were illiterate and were unfamiliar with constitutional governments. ... Samuel Gompers - Emigrated to New York with his family in 1863 he worked as a cigar maker and a union organizer. ...