1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F (He did write <em>Common Sense</em>, but it's well known and as the paper says, was an immediate success)
5. T
6. F
7. It's common sense to create a new government, a republic, to govern a country that was unhappy with a monarchy running the government.
8. Thomas Paine: A Man of Common Sense. I think this is a good creative name for the biography because so much of Thomas' life was defined by <em>Common Sense.</em>
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The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825. The Erie Canal provided a direct water route from New York City to the Midwest, triggering large-scale commercial and agricultural development—as well as immigration—to the sparsely populated frontiers of western New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and points farther west. The canal transformed New York City into the young nation’s economic powerhouse, and in 2000 the U.S. Congress designated the Erie Canal a National Heritage Corridor.
Explanation:
I do my history a lot .
<span>What was not a reason for the decline and fall of the Tang Dynasty? Mongol invasion
By the middle of the eighth century, the Tang power had declined. The internal economic instability and subsequent rebellion of An Lushan marked the beginning of the military decline for the Tang empire: "The appreciable system of land distribution, which characterized the early years, disappeared and the peasants, who previously supported the military by paying Forced to move and fight in the border areas, and increasingly, the resources fell to the army's caudillos, who achieved great independence from the central government and greater control of the economy. "An Lushan, commander of three Military regions, favored by the court, revolted against the empire (755-763) and seized Luoyang and Chang'an, beginning with his revolt the definitive decay of central power and dynasty.
The military defeat in 751 by the Arabs in the Talas battle marked the end of the Tang authority in Central Asia.
Finally, bad government, court intrigues, economic exploitation and popular revolts weakened the empire, allowed military chief Zhu Wen to seize the throne to found his own dynasty in 907. Thus, a new Period of fragmentation in the history of China: The period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Realms.</span>
It would be the oasis and aquifers provide water to the people. In the arid places people tend to supply by travelling around the desert and stopping in areas that has oasis and aquifers in order to replenish their water supplies. Also oasis and aquifers become stopping posts if it is a trade route for merchants and travelers in the arid regions.
Are you looking for information on a football player?
The only Damon Nivens I can find information on is an offensive linebacker and assistant football coach. He is currently working at Southern University and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and previously worked for the New York Football Giants, Southern University and A&M college - Baton Rouge.
EDIT: He also works at Livonia High School, confirmed by OP.
