We thought the dead should be honored
D trade attracted people from many regions to the city states bringing more cultural diffusion
Most people in the colonies at the time considered they wouldn’t go to war, if they did and won, they’d become a vassal state.
Answer:
A. They wanted to stop him from raising taxes on the clergy.
Explanation:
The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General. This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country.
Answer: D. Fifty-four forty or fight
Explanation:
The rallying cry “54–40 or fight!” became popular among Democrats. Polk wanted territory, not war, so he compromised with the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Aberdeen. The Oregon Treaty of 1846 divided the Oregon Country along the 49th parallel, as in the original US proposal.
