<em>Much has been said of the impropriety of representing slaves. But representation and taxation go together. </em>
D. The Three-Fifths Compromise
It helped them farm and to grow crops. They needed this to live and to trade. It had a good source of water and could be used to drive enemies away from them.
In 1889, the Standard Oil Refinery became a source of prosperity for the state of Cleveland, however the pollution they belched into the atmosphere damaged the air around the area. It also damaged the water where the refinery discharged oil into the Cuyahoga River that major fires broke out on the water in 1936, 1952 and 1969. It damaged a lot of property and changed the way industrial plants operated.