Why were europeans interested in colonizing africa? africa had an abundance of raw materials for industry. africa exported a lot of tea. africa was a potential market for european products of industry. africa was an important part of the spice trade.

Over the years, the colony of jamestown failed to establish peace with powhatan american indians. make itself a permanent colony. grow enough tobacco for export to europe. establish a representative government.

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.

The occupies the territory between the coastal plain in the appalachian mountains. a. piedmont. b. tidewater. c. delaware valley. d. outer banks.