In the origins of the civil war the United Sates was going through social, economic, and territorial changes. The US population was growing exponentially due to its increase of immigration which forced them to move westwards. The northwest territory was the first land created outside of the original states it was also north and west of the Ohio river. In the year 1787 Congress passed a law called the Northwest Land Ordinance which provided a method for the United States to admit new territories and equal representation to the north and the south based on population where every state will send representatives to congress which made the north and south add more states to each of their sides so they could have more representatives on congress
The investment needed to purchase these large pieces of land was a daunting undertaking; it was an undertaking a newly freed African American worker or small farmer could never hope to accomplish. By 1880, the minimum parcel one could buy was 320 acres, and though they could pay in installments it was not a realistic possibility for many. The Homestead Act was a federal law announcing that an applicant could own 160 acres of land free of charge for the next five years, with the only stipulation being he or she must live on land improve the land and build a home. After five years, the homesteader could file for a title by submitting proof of residency and required improvements to a local land
Hawaii has given the opportunity to the U.S. government to make a substantial amount of profit, which is an incredible reason for bringing annexation to Hawaii. During this time period, sugar was a very high selling product that everyone demanded for and Hawaii had sugar plantations across the land. For example, the Mckinley Tariff was great influential law towards the American economy. Unlike the Reciprocity Treaty, the McKinley Tariff exceedingly taxed goods that were imported to other foreign countries that were from Hawaii. However, importing sugar or goods to America did not have a high price that came along with it.
First of all, many Hawaiians lost their land due to not meeting the requirements put up by the Land Commission, a five member committee. Cachola said the requirements were, “... “... they had to have their kuleana surveyed, or measured for size and boundaries. Then they had to present their claims to the Land Commission, showing that the land was cultivated to earn a living and that they had a right to those kuleana. Lastly, they also needed to file their claim by 185.”4” (94). Many of the maka’ainana did not make these requirements.
From a foreign perspective, one of the main reasons the Mahele was enacted was because of the western way of thinking towards land ownership. The western way of thinking towards land ownership was that each individual could purchase, own, and sell land (Cachola). As the foreigners were accustomed to that way of thinking, they were perplexed by by the fact that the Hawaiians didn’t have the same ideas in terms of land ownership. So, the foreigners demanded that they system be changed in a way they they could buy and own land in fee simple (Cachola). Also, they Mahele of 1848 was created because many foreigners craved the right to own land, mainly to start businesses and to have ownership of the land beneath their homes.
The Great Mahele was a land division that happened in 1848 due to mounting pressure from foreigners for Kauikeaouli to let them buy land. According to Lâm, Maivân Clech of, “The Kuleana Act Revisited: The Survival of Traditional Hawaiian Commoner Rights in Land.,” he states that due to the Great Mahele, and the confusing rules and high costs of it, it caused foreigners to own most of the land. The splitting up disrupted Hawaiians’ understanding and concept of land ownership and favored foreigners, who had pushed for private land ownership in Hawaii. Before the division happened, the Hawaiians believed that they all had a right to take care of the land, and the land was owned by a higher power than humans. Two impacts that the Great Mahele had on the Hawaiians were the economic impact of Hawaiians not able to make any money due to them not having any land to grow crops to sell and the social impact of
In Hawaii, wealthy American planters controlled the economy. Queen Liliuokalani wanted to establish a limitation on ownership of land for those who were not Hawaiian natives. The United States military was sent in to overthrow the queen, claiming that they were there to “protect citizens and investments”
Before the Mahele and the years of other land ownership rules, the Native Hawaiians had a fairly strong relationship with their government, as they shared the same morals and rules, worked together with logic to come up with solutions, and helped the community. After the Mahele, since foreigners started to dominate the economic scene and most of the big businesses in Hawaii, the government slowly started to lose power and control over Hawaii. This was seen when many ali’i had to sell large portions of their lands because their workers, the maka’ainana, were moving away to get better-paying jobs (Lâm 233-288). The ali’i had no choice but to sell their land because they couldn’t pay the land taxes, and the foreigners could then buy the land for themselves since they had the experience and the money. The konohiki became unfair at sharing resources sometimes, making everyday life a struggle for the maka’ainana (Hio et al.).
Without the state's' cooperation, the government could take no action to deal with these problems, Members of congress knew, however, that western land remained a problem. To regulate the distribution of the land, Congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1785. This ordinance marked off the land into townships and divided each township into 640-acre tracts. The ordinance permitted the cash sale of these tracts for not less than one dollar per acre and reserved one section of each township for the establishment of a school. Two years later, Congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1787.
Pearl is an uncontrollable little girl who has behavioral issues and acts similar to a demon child. It seems nearly impossible for her mother to control her. Like the A on Hester’s chest, Hester cannot just pluck Pearl out of her life. After all, it is Hester’s sin that causes her to wear the A, which also stands for adulterer. When Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale meet in the woods, Hester attempts to rid her own life of the A by tearing it off.
For example, according to Document E approximately 50,000 acres of land from 1 family, was split between 287 people. This shows that upper class individuals were not the only ones to own land. Now the land was more evenly distributed to people of other social classes. Another example would be the abolishment of Primogeniture (meaning that when the father and owner of an estate dies, the land property goes to the first-born son). The purpose for primogeniture was to keep family estates in one piece and keep the family powerful.
The Homestead Act is a special Act that promoted migration to the western part of US. Public lands were made easily accessible to settlers with a small filing fee in exchange for 160 acres of land to be used for farming. Homesteaders received ownership of the land after continuously residing on the land for five years. Homesteaders also had an alternative of acquiring the land from the government by paying a specified amount per acre, after six months of residency. The Homestead Act resulted in the distribution of million acres of public land (Library of Congress n.p).
On the other hand, the Hawaiian government is considering using grass huts for a cheaper alternative to permanent housing endorsed under the Housing First program. The government needs to solve the
The United State’s annexation of Hawaii in 1898 led to the gradual destruction of the Hawaiian culture and the almost-extinction of native-born Hawaiians. The majority of the Hawaiian natives opposed the annexation of Hawaii and wanted to maintain their sovereignty. Although the Japanese could have taken over the Hawaiian islands if the United States had not, the annexation of Hawaii by the U.S. was unjustified because of the treatment of the monarchy and natives, the infringement of the natives’ self-established culture and government, and the natives’ overwhelming opposition to the U.S’s involvement in Hawaii. From 1795 to 1874, the Kamehameha Dynasty ruled over the kingdom of the Hawaiian islands. Up until the death of Kamehameha III, the U.S. had stayed out of interfering with the islands.
In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the theme is on how family, society, and isolation affects him. Throughout the novel the monster is constantly founded upon because of his deformation. The villagers, Felix, Victor, and several other would not give him a chance to prove to them he is not what he appears to be. The themes of family, society and isolation have to do with the monster wanted a family, the society treating him differently based on his appearance and the creature isolating himself from the world due to the reactions humankind gives him. To begin with, family is a huge part in the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley because the creature strives for a true family.
