The colonists in New England specialized by using lumber for shipbuilding. The climate and land were not suitable for agriculture, but the forests provided large amounts of lumber. ... The New England colonies did not have very good farmland because of the rocky soil.
Slavery was still an issue, so Congress had to pass the Missouri Compromise. There were equal amounts of slave and free states before Missouri requested statehood, so there was much debate on whether Missouri should represent a free or a slave state in Congress, meaning whichever group it represented would get more representation in Congress. So, Maine was admitted as a free state at the same time Missouri was admitted as a slave state, creating the Missouri Compromise.
in ww2 hitler used it as a "marine/vetran" class.
All of these organizations sought to protect organized labor after the industrialization of America had led to dangerous working conditions for many workers. They were mostly succesfull, in at least bringing attention to these issues.
