Hypatia is famous for being the greatest mathematician and astronomer of her time, for being the leader of the Neoplatonist school of philosophy in Alexandria, for spectacularly overcoming the suffering a violent death at the hands of ignorant zealots.
The answers are:
A) In 1-2 sentences, identify the historical context of this excerpt.
According to James R. Ferguson, The four treatises that Otis wrote during 1764-65 revealed contradictions and even intellectual confusion. Otis was the first leader of the period in the development of the traditional ideas of the constitution and representation, but was based on the traditional views of the parliamentary authority.
B) In 2-3 sentences, describe how this excerpt reflects the influence of foreign events on the spread of revolutionary sentiment in the colonies.
After reading this paragraph we can infer that it refers to the colonial power exercised by his majesty over his colonies. We also see that it reveals which were the dominant colonies of the time and names them referring to France and Great Britain.
Crispus Attucks<span> (</span>c.<span>1723—March 5, 1770) was the first person killed in the </span>Boston massacre<span>, in </span>Boston<span>, </span>Massachusetts,<span> and is widely considered to be the first American casualty in the </span>American Revolutionary War<span>. Aside from the event of his death, along with Samuel Gray and James Caldwell, little is known for certain about Attucks.</span>
If an immigrant commits a major crime in the the country they moved to they should be sent back. This is because the country they moved to shouldn't have to put up with other country's criminals.
They were executed by the electric chair.
The Rosenbergs were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage on June 19, 1953. The other spies who were caught did go to federal prison, but Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were both executed by electric chair.
