Answer: Based on what i read "Original jurisdiction" cases don't happen often but when they do they one or two cases each term. The most common way for a case to reach the Supreme Court is by getting on appeal from a circuit court.
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Portugal, the western-most European country, was one of the primary players in the European Age of Discovery and Exploration. Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the principal role during most of the fifteenth century in searching for a route to Asia by sailing south around Africa.
The answer is D. The Germans wanted to knock out Russia with its slow moving army then they could focus all of their efforts on France
Stephen F Austin was arrested for inciting riots and encouraging the Texians to defy Spanish law. Austin had gone to Mexico to meet with Santa Anna to try to work out a solution to the main complaints that Texians had. However while in town, a group had a small skirmish with some Spanish soldiers. Austin was there and seen as the head man in charge and therefore placed under arrest for the actions of people hundreds of miles away.
