Most early scientists that questioned authority and traditional thought often were challenging the power and beliefs of the Catholic Church. This lead to many being forced into being placed into a house arrest type situtation. Others, who refused to take back, recant, their findings and beliefs were killed.
<span>The first steel mills in the United States were built in the Northeast. There were reasons why they were built there. The Northeast was not well suited for farming. The climate is cold, and the soil is rocky. It is very hard to farm there. As a result, the Northeast was a region with lots of industry, trade, and fishing.</span>
<span>The Committees of Correspondence were the American colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the Revolutionary War. In 1764, Boston formed the earliest Committee of Correspondence to encourage opposition to Britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of American paper money.
It was established by Samuel Adams and James Warren.</span>
