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Lozano New Englands expansion New Englands expansion was not carried out by primarily independent pioneers and land speculators who brought up large plots and then sold them to individual farmers. It was carried out in an orderly fashion by town farmers, who obtained charters and distributed land for settlement and town purposes. It was also carried out by settlers who condemned the Indians for using the land wrong and taking it from them to "improve" it. Just like the land shaped the New Englanders, they shaped the land too. Native Americans had left a huge imprint on the New England earth. They made trails through the woods as the migrated through it for hunting and fishing seasonally. This created paths for them to follow and use. The Indians recognized the right to use land, but the concept of exclusive, individual ownership of the land was alien to them. The English settlers had a different view of the Indians though. They saw them as people who wasted the earth because they were underutilizing its bounty and trying to take advantage of the many resources the land had. Europeans wanted to improve the land by clearing wood lands, building roads and fences and making permanent settlements. Some big changes that resulted were more livestock like pigs, horses, sheep and cattle from Europe. The colonists kept clearing woodlands to make more room for the livestock, as it grew over the years. Some areas became more susceptible to hotter climate or colder climate due to combined

effects of the new developments. New England had a huge impact on the nation. Thousands of New Englanders settled from Ohio to Oregon and even around Hawaii as well. They made new communities modeled off of the orderly New England Town which included a school house, and town-meeting democracy. The fictional New England Conscience, born of the steadfast puritan heritage, left a legacy of high idealism in the national character and inspired many later reformers.