A Single Tree

This meant land became a very important resource since a great deal of land was required to grow tobacco.  Because growing tobacco also required a lot of hard work and labor, more people were needed to work in the fields. The more workers we had, the more tobacco we could grow making more profit of our work. Tobacco was the only cash crop we were able to grow in our little swamp town. John Rolfe had done more than just help Jamestown with producing Tobacco. He had met a beautiful young lady. Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, paramount chief of the Indians in Tidewater Virginia, was kidnapped and brought to Jamestown.  John Rolfe eventually married her in 1614.  Their marriage coincided with a temporary peace with the Indians, allowing the settlers to develop and expand their colony, including planting more tobacco. We made peace with the natives and at that moment of peace with their tribe Jamestown was at its best. My old friend and I had become friends again, I am very grateful for my friendship with the natives. I had survived many awful things during my time in Jamestown. I almost died of infection and deceases. I was forced to eat the people I had arrived with, some even being my fellow friends. Facing these challenges there wasn't I time I didn't want to give up and leave, but I didn’t. I am here telling you the story of my journey to document what I and many others faced here in Jamestown. I’m not promised that my letter will reach the hands of another person to share my experience, but that wasn't going to keep me from

Before reading the third chapter of “The Forest and the Trees”, I remember learning in the second chapter about symbolism, ideology and the construction of life in different cultures and societies around the world. For example, something interesting I remember learning was how every social system has a culture, consisting primarily of symbols (including words), ideas and practices. I believe this also connects and refers to how we tend to build our own sense of reality through the words and ideas that we use to mean something and people may use to name interpret what they experience and how cultures consist of symbols of ideas or words being portrayed. Based on what I read in the second chapter and the title of the third chapter, “The Structures

Tree ear, the main character in the book, "A Single Shard" has a few strong character traits. One of them being honesty. Tree ear is a very honest character.

The New England Colonies had lots of trees and forests which worked out to their advantage because their soil was rocky and thin. There were indentured servants and skilled workers that helped with the trade process by being able to produce wood items from the forests and fish from the rivers. The geography of the New England Colonies was not very good. The thin rocky soil reduced their chances of growing crop to very little. They instead relied on the forest so they could trade wood and wooden items. “Massachusetts was covered in forests. This meant the colonists had plenty of lumber.” The Pilgrims were the first people to come to Massachusetts. They had no idea of how to survive. Then the Puritans came and settled in a town they called Salem. The Puritans were strict about their religion. There were skilled workers who could weave or build ships, some that knew how to farm, and

The Massachusetts Bay colony was established in 1691 by William and Mary. This colony was very successful on the principal of economics. At first this colony was supported by the wealthy immigrants, which wasn’t needed soon enough

In Allen Johnson’s “The Forest, The Trees, and The One Thing”, he expresses that in order to understand sociology we need to be able to understand the relationship between biography and history. To explain this, Johnson uses five rules to sociology called the sociological imagination. These rules explain how an individual relates to social systems.

The Puritanical colony of Massachusetts Bay was founded in 1630, and was born from the mindset of purifying the Church of England. Most people who voyaged from their motherland were families and their servants (Doc B). Lists of those who emigrated contain upwards of forty families. Also, in the Articles of Agreement of Springfield, Massachusetts everyone shared the planting ground (Doc D). Since the community shared most of the farmland, greed would not be an issue when deciding who would get what plot of land. Further, Puritans believed “we must entertain each other [with care, and] must be willing to [bridge ourselves] . . . [to supply for] others’ necessities” (Doc A). The community theme the Massachusetts people embody is further seen in family relying upon family. Differing from the New England list of emigrants, most Virginia-bound colonists were men who failed to bring their families or men who did not have families (Doc C). Many of the men aboard were jewelers, goldsmiths, and other tradesmen who believed they were going to become wealthy at their new colony. Captain John Smith recounts “[many of the worst among us were gold seekers] with their golden promises [and] made all men their slaves” (Doc F). Encroaching on the Native American’s land, Jamestown settlers stole their land in hope of uncovering gold in the area. With community not being a priority, the division between

"You [...] made Plantations there and spoiled their hunting grounds, they [French-allied Delawares] then complained to us [...] and [we] found their complaints to be true. [...] [...] Our advice to you is, that you send for the Senecas [and Delawares],

Puritans expected that economic prosperity would result from piety and good works. Yet they were very ambivalent about the prospect of success; John Winthrop, the Governor of Massachusetts Bay, feared that his people would derive more satisfaction from wealth itself than from the piety that was supposed to bring about such financial rewards. Their own religion promoted economic success, which was the protestant work ethic of “An hour’s idleness is as bad as an hour’s drunkenness.” The land in the New England colonies also had an effect on the economics, as most of the soil subsisted of many rocks. Poor farming land led the colonies to be based on shipbuilding, fishing, and manufacturing. The New England cod fishery was a result of these conditions, which accounted for a great portion of the economy in the colonies. The cod fishery had a lasting impact on the economies of the New England colonies, continuing into modern day New England. In the 1700’s the fishing industry accounted for 35% of New England’s export

Property had to be redistributed to accommodate the new settlers. This upset a numerous amount of the original yeomen farmers because the gentry did not have to give up land for the incoming settlers. The new settlers were a catalyst for the economic depression. The taxes that the Colony of North Carolina imposed upon the colonists, like the poll tax, could be paid solely with the paper money of the state. This paper money was often counterfeited, thus making it half of its face value. Likewise, the money rarely circulated to the backcountry because of the substantial lifestyle. Goods were often traded for other goods and services. The tidewater used the money more often along with warehouse tickets. These tickets were of the value of the warehouse. The yeomen were not able to utilize this because the men produced little more than what was needed. What was slightly overproduced went to the small markets or was traded. The new settlers and immigrants added more people, making it harder to come across the currency of North Carolina. If the sheriffs, who collected the money, had to go to one’s homestead, he would add on more money for a distress

In contrast, the Southern colonies had indentured servants in their region, however, slaves began to rush into the southern colonies once plantations came about. However, both the Northern and the Southern colonies took advantage of indentured servants with their land. In this case, Native Americans picture their economies differently. According to Document 2, Martin said “This course being taken they have no means, but must yield to obedience, or fly to bordering neighbors who neither will rescue them nor indeed are able, for they have but grounds cleared for their own use.” The Pamunkey, which was part of a tribe in the Southern colonies, were greedy colonists due to the fact that they wanted power over their own land. However, in Document 3, Miantonomoh states “But, brothers, since these English have seized upon our country, they cut down the grass with scythes, and the trees with axes.” Contrasting from the Southern colonies, in the Northern colonies, strictly the Massachusetts Bay, were fighting to defend their land against the English settlers because they were rapidly running out of

Although plantations and wages (Documents D and E) played a role in civilizing the New England area, the purpose of such were to provide food and other resources one might need. Governor

With the economic system, the south had a very hard time producing their main source “cotton and tobacco”. “Cotton became commercially significant in the 1790’s after the invention of a new cotton gin by Eli Whitney. (PG 314)” Let

In Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, each character holds a special connection to trees and each places different meaning in them. The motif of trees and plants represent a calming force, escape from hardship, and circle of life that can heal the wounds of slavery. Paul D and Sethe are two characters in particular who place unique meaning in plants and use them as a way to escape their painful memories and the horrors of slavery.

When it comes to murder cases, most people would agree that they can’t be left unsolved. In the short story “In a Bamboo Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the murder of Takehiro takes place in a grove of bamboo. Three people have confessed, including the victim himself. The author than decided to leave the story of by leaving it unsolved. I believe that Masago, the wife of Takehiro, killed him. I believe this because Masago’s confession was the only one that took place away from the courtroom. Also, all the confessions consisted of Masago wanting Takehiro dead. Although, the bandit Tajomaru and Takehiro played a convincing act of killing Takehiro, but they both have reason to cover for Masago.