At the eastern end of Lake Erie, the vast fresh water drainage of the
Great Lakes is constricted into the Niagara River. From that point
until its junction with Lake Ontario, some thirty miles to the north,
the Niagara River drops four hundred feet in elevation. Most spectacular
is the 182-foot plunge over Niagara Falls. The cataract, with its gorge
and rapids, creates the single greatest impediment to waterborne
traffic in the Great Lakes. The importance of this water highway and the
portage necessitated by the falls ensured that the Niagara River would
become a point of contention between the nations attempting to dominate
North America.
While French, British and Dutch colonists all settled on the shores
of North America at about the same time, the French were best situated
to exploit the natural routes to the interior. Despite some troublesome
rapids, the St. Lawrence River led directly from their settlements to
Lake Ontario. The French were thus the first Europeans to attempt to
control the Niagara Portage. This was not an easy goal. Located astride
Lake Ontario and the portage were the Five Nations of the Iroquois,
militarily and politically the most powerful group of native people in
American history. The French had alienated the Iroquois by aligning with
their ancestral enemies. Although moderated for short periods of time,
animosity between the Iroquois and the French would never entirely
disappear. The French thus found a powerful human obstacle to their use
of the Niagara.
In an effort to prevent an incoming party from dismantling his Federalist Party-dominated government, Adams issued 42 judicial appointments including Marbury as Justice of Peace. But then he turned his government over to Jefferson who did not approve.
The Shay’s Rebellion started off when the US had been
struggling after the depression and the lack of currencies and the harsh
policies. This rebellion started in Massachusetts 1786-1787. The uprising was led
by Daniel Shay, a Revolutionary War Veteran
the purpose of jim crows was to segregate black and white people without specifically saying it was segregation in the law. i would say that other racial minorities and immigrants were also affected by these laws, as well as the poor. i hope this helps!!Explanation: