In England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the natio
n and set it together by the ears. A pretty business indeed for a man to be allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year for, and worshipped into the bargain!—Thomas Paine Thomas Paine criticizes the king for
A. destroying the society with war and waste
B. Being dishonest in all his political dealings
C. How little money he puts into government
D giving away land to foreign governments
At the same time, they occupied the heart of prime bison range which was also an excellent region for furs, which could be sold to French and American traders for goods such as guns. The Lakota became the most powerful of the Plains tribes.
By the end of the 19th century, the Western powers and Japan had forced China's ruling Qing dynasty to accept wide foreign control over the country's economic affairs.
