Maddi Jones (LP)
Posts : 1 Join date : 2017-12-03 Location : Michigan
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| Name: Maddi Jones Representative of: Lower Peninsula Michigan Gender: Female last time she checked Age: 22, 317 Brief personality: Maddi is a fun loving girl who has a strong passion for animals and creatures, she also has strong admiration for food much like Alfred does. Although when she does over eat she will make comments on her weight and belly pudge, even though, she is not mindful of her weight. Maddi is not afraid to be bold and speak her mind about things and won't worry about making brash decisions. Maddi lives for excitement and adventure so she will drag you off to her idea of fun like a zoo or even amusement parks. Faygo, a drink produced in Detroit, is one of Maddi's favorite things to drink, her fave flavors being Peach, Red Pop, and Twist. Brief physical description: Maddi is a short but plump 5'1 American with brunette hair with dark red tips (From being dyed), she prefers to keep her hair tied in a ponytail. She wears blue rimmed glasses to see and her eyes are a bright blue themselves. Maddi keeps to the colors of her state and will wear a navy blue hoodie and orange converse along with tight dark jeans. Maddi has a few scars on her body from a few animal attacks and scars on her neck from bites and a bad cut wound as well as scars down her torso. - Images of Maddi:
- Brief history:
The Native Americans of Michigan, who had lived in peace with the French, resented the coming of the British, who were the allies of the much-hated Iroquois tribes. Under Pontiac they revolted (see Pontiac's Rebellion) against the British occupation. The rebellion, which began in 1763, was short-lived, ending in 1766, and the Native Americans subsequently supported the British during the American Revolution. Native American resistance to U.S. control was effectively ended at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 with the victory of Gen. Anthony Wayne. Despite provisions of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolution (1783; see Paris, Treaty of), the British held stubbornly to Detroit and Mackinac until 1796. After peace came, pioneers moved into Michigan. The policy of pushing Native Americans westward and opening the lands for settlement was largely due to the efforts of Gen. Lewis Cass, who was governor of Michigan Territory (1813–31) and later a U.S. Senator. Steamboat navigation on the Great Lakes and sale of public lands in Detroit both began in 1818, and the Erie Canal was opened in 1825. Farmers came to the Michigan fields, and the first sawmills were built along the rivers. The move toward statehood was slowed by the desire of Ohio and Indiana to absorb parts of present S Michigan, and by the opposition of southern states to the admission of another free state. The Michigan electorate organized a government without U.S. sanction and in 1836 operated as a state, although outside the Union. To resolve the boundary dispute Congress proposed that the Toledo strip be ceded to Ohio and Indiana with compensation to Michigan of land in the Upper Peninsula. Though the Michigan electorate rejected the offer, a group of Democratic leaders accepted it, and by their acceptance Michigan became a state in 1837. (The admission of Arkansas as a slaveholding state offset that of Michigan as a free state.) Detroit served as the capital until 1847, when it was replaced by Lansing. After statehood, Michigan promptly adopted a program of internal improvement through the building of railroads, roads, and canals, including the Soo Locks Ship Canal at Sault Ste. Marie. At the same time lumbering was expanding, and the population grew as German, Irish, and Dutch immigrants arrived. In 1854 the Republican party was organized at Jackson, Mich. During the Civil War, Michigan fought on the side of the Union, contributing 90,000 troops to the cause. With the invention of the automobile and the construction of automotive plants, industry in Michigan was altered radically. Henry Ford established the Ford Motor Company in 1903 and introduced conveyor-belt assembly lines in 1918. General Motors and the Chrysler Corporation were established shortly after Ford. Along with the development of mass-production methods came the growth of the labor movement. In the 1930s, when the automobile industry was well established in the state, labor unions struggled for recognition. The conflict between labor and the automotive industry, which continued into the 1940s, included sit-down strikes and was sometimes violent. Walter Reuther, a pioneer of the labor movement, was elected president of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) in 1946. In World War II Michigan produced large numbers of tanks, airplanes, and other war matériel. Industrial production again expanded after the Korean War broke out in 1950, and the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959 increased export trade by bringing many oceangoing vessels to the port of Detroit. In the early 1960s, however, economic growth lagged and unemployment became a problem in the state. The state's dependence on the auto industry was exhibited during the recession of the early 1980s, when car sales slumped, many factories were closed and Michigan's unemployment rate at over 15% was the nation's highest. The federal government helped bail out the Chrysler Corporation in 1979, authorizing $1.5 billion in loan guarantees. After a brief period of recovery through limited diversification of the state economy, Michigan was again especially hard hit by national recession and continuing foreign competition in the early 1990s, and it continued to suffer large, mainly auto-related manufacturing job losses over the next two decades. The financial difficulties arising in large part from the effects of those job losses led Detroit to file for municipal bankruptcy in 2013. Religious affiliation (if any): She herself is agnostic but her state is Christian Any special powers or abilities (if any): She is good with animals and understands them easily (Due to michigan's vast wildlife and preserves), she also can poof up bottles of Faygo (a popular drink from Michigan) Trivia: Maddi received her name from France when he first colonised her. She is originally named Maddeline. |
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