On two levels, then, Washington Irving profoundly influenced the American Christmas. His melding of jolly St. Nick and an English commemoration of old into a wintry celebration of nostalgia attests to the rich cultural legacy bequeathed to us by this native New Yorker..
B. False. Bush invaded iraq without approval of Congress.
The Mississippi river and other western tributaries most notably the Missouri river formed pathways for western expansion.
In 1794 an uprising of farmers and distillers in Pennsylvania became known as the Whiskey Rebellion
