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Perhaps more than any other leader of the Revolutionary Era, George Washington was shaped by his experiences in western lands. Washington came away from his early ventures in the West with a conviction that the destiny of Virginia, and later of the United States itself, would be one of expansion. Washington was a youth when he began surveying in the Shenandoah Valley and was only twenty-one when he made a perilous journey across the Allegheny Mountains to command the French to withdraw from the Ohio region claimed by King George II. When Washington returned to Williamsburg with news of the French defiance, he brought back a vision of the almost inconceivably rich interior beyond the barrier of the mountains. That vision remained with him for the rest of his life as he invested in western lands and worked to politically and commercially link the west with the eastern seaboard.

When Washington's band of soldiers fired the shots that triggered the French and Indian War in 1754, they did so to enforce Britain's claim to the entire Ohio Valley. Enlisting men to fight in such a war was no easy matter. Accordingly, Governor Robert Dinwiddie issued his Proclamation of 1754, promising 200,000 acres to all who would join the Virginia forces in an expedition to capture control of the Ohio from the French.

Victory in the war, however, was followed closely by a royal proclamation forbidding settlement in the Native American territories west of the Alleghenies. George Washington described the Proclamation of 1763 as a temporary expedient to placate Native groups. By 1769 new treaties were negotiated with the Iroquois and Cherokee that opened the Ohio Valley to settlers once again. George Washington began his quest to settle the land promised by Dinwiddie fifteen years earlier.

Washington started his push westwards at the fall 1769 session of the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg by having the text of the Proclamation of 1754 read into the record as evidence. On November 29, the House passed the resolution calling on the Governor to make known all land grants applied for in the Ohio. A few days later Washington wrote directly to Virginia Governor Botetourt voicing his concern that given the amount of land already granted, little would remain for the veterans of 1754. Having thus prepared his case, on December 15 Washington presented a formal petition on behalf of the officers and men of his old command, requesting that the 200,000 acres be set aside in several specific areas along the Ohio River. The Governor was quick in granting the request.

1750 map of Virginia owned by George Washington. By Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson, Engraving and etching (London: Robert Sayer and Thomas Jeffreys, 1776), MAP-6475/A-B, MVLA.


George Washington had the responsibility of representing the entire group of veterans in surveying and claiming the land. As the plans developed the uncertainty of ever realizing a profit from property so far removed from existing settlements led many eligible ex-soldiers to sell their rights in exchange for ready cash. Frequently it was Washington himself who was the purchaser, buying the rights to a little more than 5000 acres of land. This was in addition to the 15,000 acres that had been established as the bounty for field officers, giving George Washington a total of more than 20,000 acres to be located, surveyed, and registered in the Ohio Valley.

In October of 1770 Washington crossed into the Ohio country again, accompanied by his friend Dr. James Craik and a few guides and servants. The two veterans intended to survey their bounty land in the region where the Great Kanawha emptied into the Ohio River. Along the way Washington revisited the scenes of his battles against the French, recording his observations with the eye of a land speculator rather than an old soldier. It was not until late 1772 that the Governor gave final approval to Washington's application for four patents on the Ohio and Great Kanawha Rivers containing a total of 20,150 acres in what is now the state of West Virginia.

Added to the land that Washington already owned at Mount Vernon, near Fredericksburg, and in the Shenandoah Valley, the new patents brought George Washington's total land holdings to a substantial 32,855 acres. He continued to amass western land for the rest of his life. The schedule of property he appended to his will in the summer of 1799 listed over 50,000 acres, exclusive of the 8000 he also held at Mount Vernon.

Washington's hopes for great wealth from his western lands, however, were never realized. Nevertheless, Washington's recognition of the promise of the West would have a profound influence on his country, and predicted the rapid expansion of American borders westwards that would occur during the next century.

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The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Think about those old cowboy and westerns ;)

The statement about the movement of the sun and stars that is true is "They move from east to west across the sky each day", option A is correct.

The observable movement stems from the Earth's rotation around its own axis. As the Earth spins from west to east, celestial objects like the Sun and stars appear to move across the sky in the opposite direction – from east to west. This phenomenon is responsible for the daily cycle of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west. The other options (B, C, and D) are not accurate.

While stars do have their own proper motion, which causes them to move gradually over long periods, their motion is not perceivable on a daily timescale. The Sun's movement is largely due to Earth's rotation rather than its own motion across the sky, option A is correct.

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e. Other rights not listed in the Constitution

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Other rights not listed in the constitution

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The answer is A

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B. General Nathan B. Forrest

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He did not like the way the Grovernment was acting about slavery so he created the KKK and started killing slaves. I THINK!

The Individual that was responsible for creating the KKK is General Nathan B. Forrest. Option B. This is further explained below.

What is the KKK ?

Generally,KKK is simply defined as Ku Klux Klan, one of two different U.S. hate groups that deployed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist cause.

In conclusion, General Nathan B. Forrest was the driving force behind the KKK's inception.

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Daily life for peasants consisted of working the land. Life was harsh, with a limited diet and little comfort. Women were subordinate to men, in both the peasant and noble classes, and were expected to ensure the smooth running of the household.

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not always they sometimes get disrespected

They were seen as brave individuals and gained respect through chivalry and ambitious acts.

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the 2nd choice

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The significance of the Magna Carta was it emphasized the rule of law over the power of the king. The correct option is B.

What things did the Magna Carta do?

The Magna Carta set a ceiling on how much a king's subjects might be taxed. Additionally, it established the barons' property rights. The Magna Carta also established a pattern for the development of democracy in Europe, even if those who produced the agreement were unaware of this.

The Magna Carta, which was published in June 1215, was the first document to express the idea that the king and his government were subject to the law. By creating law as a power unto itself, it tried to restrain the king from abusing his position of authority and set boundaries for royal power.

Thus, the ideal selection is option B.

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magna carta

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because the americans wanted the english to follow their rules whenever they set foot on american soil

Answer: C - People accused of a crime have the right to be judged by a jury of peers before receiving punishment.

Here is the clause from the Magna Carta which states that principle:

Clause 39: No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.

That assertion by The Magna Carta of 1215, that a person should not suffer punishment without the lawful judgment of his peers, influenced the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution. The opening lines of the 6th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States affirm that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed."

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The Great Depression affected Clara and her family’s adversely because:

they had to scrounge for food and goods. they did not have enough money to buy food normally. they had to beg and her mother was ashamed for what she had to do.

What was the Great Depression period?

The Great Depression was a period of economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world during the 1920s

The main effect of the Great Depression includes:

High rate of unemploymentHigh rate homelessnessinternational trade collapsedHigh rate of deflation soared etc.

In conclusion, the Great Depression was triggered by the collapse of the Stock market in New York in the 1920s.

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resulted in the birth of agriculture

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true

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About 400,000 African Americans fought in France in WW1 but only roughly half of those African American soldiers saw duty in France.

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A constitutional republic was emerged after the mexican revolution.

The Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910, ended dictatorship in Mexico and established a constitutional republic.

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Nineteenth century critics of Darwin thought that he had misinterpreted the Galápagos finch data. They said that God had created the 13 different species as they are and that no evolution in beak shape has ever occurred. It was difficult to conclusively refute such counter arguments at that time.

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A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America's most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the US Constitution was amended to restrict one of America's favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages.

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(Here’s how it worked) In the politics of representative democracies, a political machine is a political group in which an authoritative leader or small group command the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive patronage as reward for their efforts.

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Feudalism was a social structure rooted in an exchange of land for military service. It was directed by the aristocracy, who were the landowners of the time. Land is the common element in both systems. Feudalism dictated how nobles gained it, while manorialism mapped out how that land was maintained by peasants.

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What is Federal government

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The Articles of Confederation established a small central (aka federal) government and gave a majority of the power to state governments.

Under the Articles of Confederation, there was no executive branch (president) and there were no national courts. Rather, there was a legislative branch in which each state had one representative.

In order to make a change to the Articles of Confederation all 13 states had to agree on a change. To make a new national law, a supermajority was neededd (9/13). These procedures and rules made the Articles of Confederation a highly ineffective form of government. This is why it would be replaced by the US Constitution.

Anwser: Te senate reviews the treaty and decides if its fair or not.

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The struggle for disability rights has followed a similar pattern to many other civil rights movements—challenging negative attitudes and stereotypes, rallying for political and institutional change, and lobbying for the self-determination of a minority community.

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Un verbo es una palabra que en sintaxis transmite una acción, una ocurrencia o un estado del ser. En la descripción habitual del inglés ,la forma básica ,con o sin la partíca, con o sin la partícula to, es el infinitivo. Pero a menos que preguntes cuál es un verbo , no mostraste opciones , así que no sé …. Pero que tengas una buena noche

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your answer is D

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They need to be near body's of water to grow crops and to get drinkable water.

You can also see that they follow the river to build their civilization.

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It is believed to have been the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving between 5,000 and 6,000 chariots in total. As a result of discovery of multiple Kadesh inscriptions and the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty, it is the best documented battle in all of ancient history.

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4 is study of fossils

The IEF President made a speech during the tenth anniversary to commemorate the Hurricane Katrina natural disaster that happened in the United States. The piece of evidence that best characterizes the response of the United States, a democratic government, to the Hurricane Katrina natural disaster is;

"...we were horrified when the response to the Katrina catastrophe  revealed..confusion, delay, misdirection, inactivity, poor coordination, and lack of  leadership at all levels of government."

The description here shows the confusion and delay that characterized the response of the United States government to the disaster.

This might be pointing to the fact that they were not prepared for a disaster of that magnitude.

Therefore, option C is the right answer.

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According to the Huffington Post, Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy each year for Halloween! That's 24 pounds of candy per American per year, approximately 16 billion fun-size Snickers bars, or 158 trillion individual candy corn kernels!

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after three centuries of colonial rule, independence came rather suddenly to most of Spanish and Portuguese America. Between 1808 and 1826 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped out of the hands of the Iberian powers who had ruled the region since the conquest. The rapidity and timing of that dramatic change were the result of a combination of long-building tensions in colonial rule and a series of external events.

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It was named Operation Barbarossa, and it hoped for the takeover and occupation of the Soviet Union (USSR)

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