A historian using the thinking skill of primary source analysis might try to "get in the mindset" of the writer or speaker of the source in question, in order to gain more insight into their life and environment.
Snakes are beautiful, and they help control the growth of other organisms in their ecosystem. They are seen as a bad organism because of all the propaganda the press has made, when a snake bites someone, the press uses that to propagate the bad feeling for snakes. All those bites would be prevented if people were more careful, so it's not the snake fault.
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A) France and Spain
France has always been one of their rivals since the Saxons and Spain's fleet was considerable.