A thriving economy and a strong leadership formed the basis for the Italian Renaissance. Italy was very favorably situated for maritime trade being right on the Mediterranean not far from the Middle Eastern and Arab countries (and north African) so as a result trade fluorished. Also, city states in Italy were run by powerful families like the Medicis who were also patrons of the arts.The strong economy helped to make the transition from the Middle Ages and feudalism to capitalism.
Before farming, people lived by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants. When supplies ran out, these hunter-gatherers moved on. Farming meant that people did not need to travel to find food. Instead they began to live in settled communities, and grew crops or raised animals.
A major reason for the formation of groups like the National Congress of American Indians was the inadequacy of efforts to improve the lives of American Indians.The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is an American Indian and Alaska Native indigenous rights organization. It was founded in 1944 to represent the tribes and resist federal government pressure for termination of tribal rights and assimilation of their people.Activists formed the National Congress of American Indians to find ways to organize the tribes to deal in a more unified way with the US government. The men and women who founded the National Congress of American Indians represented tribes from 27 states. While the National Indian Youth Council was organizing somewhat rebellious college students, the National Congress of American Indians worked closely with the Kennedy administration on its new Indian program, which placed heavy emphasis on increasing the economic viability of the tribes through attracting industry and tourists to reservations while also helping Indians to "relocate" in cities.The National Congress of American Indians refused to endorse the Poor Peoples' March.The National Congress of American Indians and the various regional intertribal organizations had a perspective quite different from that of the militants.
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