There are many reasons. For example, he's a shady guy who probably deals in criminal activities because he works together with Gatsby who was a bootlegger. It is also stated that he fixed the state series meaning he also did something illegal. In addition, people like Tom dislike him because of his religion since there is a wave of Americans who were against Jewish people at the time.
Jamestown Virginia was the first permanent English colony.
George Washington is the president
We learned how to read ancient hieroglyphics when after Napoleon's troops discovered the Rosetta Stone, which had translations of the hieroglyphics in Ancient Greek, which many people knew how to read.