The action lowered morale. this did not lower morale as many common folk did not understand the need for ports and thought themselves self sufficient.
Georgia was settled for people with large debts and good climate. It was mainly used as a prison of sorts for the first settlers.
The immigrants contributed significantly to United States history from the period 1900 to 1940. Immigration was widely spread in the North while the South (aside from slave immigration) remained mostly American born citizens...about 14.5% of the population were immigrants and it was a huge force for the labor industries
Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb
Harriet Tubman lead the slaves to freedom
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Ben Franklin assisted in the draft for the Declaration of independence but he is known for being the US ambassador for the revolutionary war
Franklin D Roosevelt was elected president four times
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