Was five miles wide and eight miles wide by the time it reached lakeeren ie. It was like a pieshaped wedge that became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan started to wrangle over. Both ohio and michigan were focused on what was back then the port of miami, miami being the indian term for the river. It is that connection to the river basin and lake erie. Everyone knew eventually that would become a very important port. Both michigan and ohio wanted to be part of that. Theerie canal opened in 1925. People recognized the value of the canal system. Now you have the miamierie canal being built. They realized it had to be built somewhere in this area. Both michigan and ohio wanted that. What a legend is a fur trapper familiar with the area came down with the legislature and reminded them if they drew that line, they were going to lose the toledo area that we know today. So they made an adjustment and moved the line northward as they reached lake erie. That went into the 1803 statehood ap
We hear about local tribes commercial interactions with Spanish Missions and fur traders and the items these groups exchanged, including livestock fabric and fur. This is an hour and 15 minutes. All right, todays lecture is going to pull together some of the topics that weve been exploring throughout the semester. The spanish colonization of north america, contributions of native american societies to development of the various colonies, manifest destiny and the american conquest of northern mexico. And the american wests role in the sectional crisis over slavery. Were going to examine them from a slightly different perspective. A few weeks ago we read about indian removal in the 19th century. And how it shaped and was shaped by the expansion of american democracy as well as the United States expanding cotton economy. In your readings, indian nations like the cherokees, for example, were clearly victimized by the United States government in the state of georgia as well as landhungry se
Manifest destiny and the american conquest of northern mexico, and the american wests role in the crisis over slavery, but were going to examine them from a slightly different perspective. A few weeks ago we read about indian removal, wrote about indian removal in the 19th century and how it was shaped by expansion of american democracy, as well as the expanding cotton economy and in your readings, indian nations like the cherokees were victimized in the state of georgia, as well as land hungry settlers, but the cher key nations willingness to press advantages in resisting removal illustrate how indians throughout north america continued to change in creative and dynamic ways to make colonialism work in their favor. With that in mind i want to revisit california today, because when dont i want to revisit california, and consider the ways california indian societies continued this practice beyond the mission era, which youre familiar with, and helped to build californias economy, attrac
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Fisherman, including two boys tossed into the ocean from their capsized boat, fending off sharks. Treading water for nearly a day. Their survival story and the moment when help finally arrived. Good morning on a sunday, when donald trump of all people has managed to create bipartisan agreement. Go figure president ial candidates from both sides of the aisle condemning his latest eyebrowraising comment where he questioned whether fellow republican john mccain is indeed a war hero. The reaction has been swift. Check out the cover of the new york post. Don voyage. Question this morning, can donald survive this . But we do start here with the extreme Weather Coast to coast. From carolinas to california, flash flooding and damaging thunderstorms. Look at the radar from the last six hours, the atmosphere crackling with rain, thunder and lightning. Rob is all over the story this morning. Good morning, rob. Good morning, dan. This is monsoon season where we get thunderstorms in the dessert sou