Kentucky History

Tobacco existed in Kentucky long before the establishment of the commonwealth Kentucky. Native Americans; such as the Shawnee, utilized tobacco medicinally and ceremonially. European settlers brought it with them to central and, eventually, western Kentucky, and until the late 1920s, Kentucky produced more tobacco than any other state. Kentucky remained the largest burley and dark tobacco producer, and ranked second, in total pounds produced, to North Carolina.

Kansas has many state parks and the popular place is the monument rocks and the castle rocks. The monument rocks and the castle rocks have fossils in ancient chalks in plain western Kansas which is a spectacular landmark. The chalk was deposited during the Cretaceous period of geological history about 80 million years ago, when the central interior was covered by sea. The fossils were like shark teeth, fish bones, even dinosaur bones, and other sea creatures. The fossils in the chalk bed go to the Sternberg Museum in Hays.Michael J. Everhart is a shark hunter and he found a shark skull which was under sand and gravel The chalk was a good material for trapping and preserving

The Jamestown colony was located near present day James City County, Virginia. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement by the English in what is in current day known as the United States. The location of Jamestown was selected

Post-Civil War North Carolina, as a part of the “New South”, was supposed to be an economically and morally prosperous state that was no longer reliant on slave labor. Unfortunately, the abolition of slavery did not abolish the misfortune of black and white North Carolinians alike before 1900. Racism was still very much alive, blacks did not enjoy the rights they supposedly acquired after the war, the same rich families from before the war were still rich, and the people that were poor before the war were still struggling.

Jamestown, Virginia was the primary permanent English settlement in the New World and was founded by Captain John Smith. Tobacco was the main cash crop, and John Smith had to be strict to make sure people worked hard enough to get their food. It was a joint stock company where colonists had rights like Englishmen did.

The 1850s were a time of attempted compromise when compromise was no longer possible. The Union was becoming divided through many events in the time leading into the Civil War. The North and South had too many hostilities to account for. Socially, the North and the South could not stand what the other would do or say with anything. Politically, the government was completely divided and undecided. And economically, the South began to prosper as the North began to struggle. Thus, during the 1850s, socially, politically, and economically there was not any compromise that could fix the problems beginning to occur.

James town was the first settlement in North America and was developed mainly to supply to the mother country with new goods. Being the first settlement James Town had challenges they had to overcome versus Massachusetts which was a town started by a religious group known as Puritans who had no obligation to England other than coming to North America to practice their religion freely.

Going into the 17th century, many territories started to join the United States of America. Indiana was the 19th state to be admitted into the union on December 11, 1816 and still exists today. The French first discovered Indiana in 1679, but later was taken over by George Rogers Clark who led the American army in the Revolutionary War. Indiana became a very agricultural state majoring in growing corn. With its ample history, Indiana has transformed from a dull state to a thriving state in the Mid-West.

Due to one of the railroad stops being in Oklahoma, that drove people to populate Oklahoma. When the mines were discovered, they were used for coal, which helped the small economy of the new state grow. Today, those mines possibly could be mined out for coal, or

The origin of the Chesapeake and the New England regions was English. But, they’re societies were entirely different. Both regions had different intentions on why they were going to settle in the New World. The regions had social, political, and economical differences, which led them to two different directions. The social differences between these two regions were evident as time went on.

Kentucky was on the home of various Native American peoples before the arrival of Daniel Boone and other European frontiersmen in 1769. Its name perhaps derives from an iroquis word for ¨prairie.” By 1792, when Kentucky was admitted as the 15th state of the union—the first west of the Appalachian Mountains—it had drawn nearly 73,000 settlers. By 1800 this number had grown to roughly 220,000 and included some 40,000 slaves.

Randolph County, also known as Piedmont Plateau, was created by an act of Alabama General Assembly on December, 18, 1832. The county is named for John Randolph, a former Virginia statesman. The county is named in Wedowee in 1834-35. The county encompasses 585 square miles. Randolph County had many popular towns which were, Rock Mills, Louina, Wadley, Wedowee, Graham, and a town that was taken that is now known as Clay Central. With Randolph County having gold, copper, Mica, tin, graphite, Kaolin, and Iron; Randolph County was one of the richest counties in state. The first white settlers noted that the county had an abundance of the “purest and coldest water in the world.” The county was developed for agriculture, specifically cotton plantations.

The Black Belt is roughly 300 miles long and runs through Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi. In addition, it has rich, dark soil which makes it great farming and agriculture. Another region is the Cumberland Plateau. It is known for its red clay soil. Along with that, It has rolling hills, sandstone ridges, and other great things in this stupendous land region. Another addition to these neat regions is the Gulf Coastal Plain. It has many wetlands which are vital sources of shelter for many birds and fish, but almost half of the wetlands were destroyed for agriculture. Right now Alabama is trying to reverse it and bring back those wetlands.

Out of all the four regions, it is known as the smallest region compared to all the other regions in Europe. New England was also mainly for economic trade. This was because of the bad farmland and bad climate. This enabled the place to boom and made the region a thriving colony. It was also a key to the industrial revolution, thanks to the Blackstone valley. It ran through Massachusetts and Rhode Island, it was called the birthplace of America's industrial revolution do to its lack of resource but large amount of land. It was also home to top ranking universities ever since the early 1800’s.

The south is known for their back roads, home cooked meals, fishing, hunting, four wheeling and boat riding. The south is well known for their southern hospitality, and kind-hearted people. It is also known as the one of the largest tourist attractions. Between Atlanta,