Declaration of Independence, they were English territories before that.
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Through Reconstruction, the North wanted to change the South into a place where formerly enslaved people could live freely as citizens. The singer or speaker expresses his resistance to being "reconstructed". He clearly expresses hostility to the North. He singles out his hatred for the Freedmen's Bureau, which the North set up to help educate and support formerly enslaved people.
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Over time, the settlers who stayed were able to adapt and modify the landscape for farming.
The goal of the transcontinental railroad was to connect the eastern part of the United States to the western part. Both the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad companies worked to build this long railroad. Some positive effects of the transcontinental railroad included more efficient transportation from coast to coast, a faster spreading of ideas throughout the United States, and increases in global and intercontinental trade. A negative effect of the transcontinental railroad was that racial tensions among Native Americans and other groups arose.