Venture Smith. Venture Smith (Birth name: Broteer) (c. 1729 – 1805) was captured when he was a 6 and a half-year-old boy in West Africa and was taken to Anomabo on the Gold Coast (today Ghana) to be sold as a slave. As an adult in Rhode Island (Connecticut), he purchased his freedom and that of his family.
The statement that best describes the outcome of the Persian Wars is “The Greeks were able to stop a Persian invasion, and the Persian Empire stopped trying to conquer Greece.” The problem that led to the start of the Persian Wars was that Persia wanted to punish Athens for the Lomian revolt.
John was one of the "inner circle" of Christ's disciples, along with:
<u><em>James and peter </em></u>
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<em>Inner circle of disciples went up to mount of transfiguration; Went with Jesus and fell asleep while Jesus prayed : (Peter, James, and John)</em></h3><h3><u>
<em>After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. _(Matthew 17:1 )</em></u></h3>
Both the republic and state granted lands for military service in the form of bounty and donation grants.
"By an act of 1879 certificates for an additional 640 acres were granted under stringent restrictions to indigent veterans of the Texas Revolution. Bounty and donation grants for military service amounted to a total of 3,149,234 acres."
Basically, as a reward or an incentive for their service in multiple battles.
The English civil war led to the rise of parliament. Hope this helps!