The jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity from: select one:

Rousseau believed that the only good government was one that was freely formed by the people and guided by the “general will” of society- a direct democracy. Since modern society cannot function without some government, Rousseau thought that people should develop one that would not be too oppressive.

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PLEASE HELP ASAP!! I WILL MARK YOU BRAINEST. These questions are about World War 1.

Maksim231197 [3]

World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). Thanks to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, World War I saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

Tensions had been brewing throughout Europe—especially in the troubled Balkan region of southeast Europe—for years before World War I actually broke out.

A number of alliances involving European powers, the Ottoman Empire, Russia and other parties had existed for years, but political instability in the Balkans (particularly Bosnia, Serbia and Herzegovina) threatened to destroy these agreements.

The spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand—heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire—was shot to death along with his wife, Sophie, by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. Princip and other nationalists were struggling to end Austro-Hungarian rule over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand set off a rapidly escalating chain of events: Austria-Hungary, like many countries around the world, blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the question of Serbian nationalism once and for all.

Because mighty Russia supported Serbia, Austria-Hungary waited to declare war until its leaders received assurance from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm II that Germany would support their cause. Austro-Hungarian leaders feared that a Russian intervention would involve Russia’s ally, France, and possibly Great Britain as well.

On July 5, Kaiser Wilhelm secretly pledged his support, giving Austria-Hungary a so-called carte blanche, or “blank check” assurance of Germany’s backing in the case of war. The Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary then sent an ultimatum to Serbia, with such harsh terms as to make it almost impossible to accept.

Convinced that Austria-Hungary was readying for war, the Serbian government ordered the Serbian army to mobilize and appealed to Russia for assistance. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the tenuous peace between Europe’s great powers quickly collapsed.

Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and World War I had begun.

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3 years ago

The 1783 Treaty of Paris gave the United States control over all land between the

LiRa [457]

Answer: Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains.

Explanation:

The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America, ending the United States War of Independence. This was done because the war reached a point in which both sides were exhausted, many lives had been lost and a military solution was no longer viable.

It should be noted that for the signing of this document, <u>the representative of King George III of Great Britain was the member of the British Parliament David Hartley, while the representatives of the United States were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay. </u>

However, the most notorious aspect of the Treaty of Paris is that Britain recognized the independence of the Thirteen Colonies as the United States of America, recognizing it as a nation, and granted it the entire territory to northern Florida, to southern Canada (including the Appalachians) and east of the Mississippi River (giving up most of its territory east of this river), which meant the expansion of the United States.

In addition, the British crown gave the entire area of the Northwest Territory (including the current states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota), opening the way for the future expansion of the United States to the West.

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