Answer: In this matter-of-fact telegram, Wilbur and Orville Wright unceremoniously announced to their family a stunning achievement--the world's first controlled powered flight. They awoke on December 17, 1903, to freezing temperatures, rain puddles covered in ice, and winds up to 27 mph. Although the winds had not diminished by 10:00 a.m., the brothers decided not to wait any longer to test their flying machine. The unsteady, 12-second, 120-foot flight that followed effectively launched the aviation age.
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The British had claimed all the land from the Atlantic to the pacific However, since the Appalachians acted as a barrier, the British had no easy access to the Ohio valley. On the other hand the French had <span>waterway access to the Ohio valley, making it easier to settle there.</span>
