People settled the region in greater numbers, increasing the amount of land being plowed and grazed. This along with poor farming practices ultimately led to the Dust Bowl in the 1930's. A new deal bill called the Agricultural Adjustment Act, prohibited unsafe farming practices, planted trees to stabilize the soil, and told farmers that they had to rotate their crops.
Know as an artificial fossil
"I am not a Virginian, but an American" symbolizes the fact that the First Continental Congress is a meeting where American colonists stop viewing themselves as members loyal to only their state. Rather, this quote indicates that a new national identity is forming.
All of the colonies had their problems with the British government and their taxes. Now, for the first time, these colonies would come together as one against a common enemy (aka the British).