Great rivers change course over the seasons and the years, making it difficult to determine which measurement comprises its accurate length. As the crow flies, it is about 2,400 miles from the Nile's source to its outlet (the meandering Amazon covers a mere 1,100 miles of straight-line distance)
the grants had little impact on industries in the west
1. Unite the 13 colonies for trade
2. Military
3. Turn down by colonies
4. The crown "join or die"
5. Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754
Four sitting presidents have been killed, all of them by gunshot: Abraham Lincoln (the 16th President), James A. Garfield (the 20th President), William McKinley (the 25th President) and John F. Kennedy (the 35th President).