You haven't listed the choices.
The correct one will be the number with the biggest absolute value ...
the biggest number when you take away all the plus, minus, BC,
BCE, AD, CE, and all that stuff. Just the biggest number, period.
<span>A tyrant, of course -- the rest are just regular or extravagant people. :)</span>
<span>The primary reason why the US had become so
incredibly divided to the point of no return by 1860 was because the US
had expanded its territory so dramatically, and it had to be determined
whether each new state was to be slave or free--practically dividing the
nation in two. </span>
I am unable to see the exact choices you are supplied with, but frank refers to saying or establishing something sincerely and bluntly.
<h2>Answer: New Jersey
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The thirteen original British colonies that made up the United States were: Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
However, the lands of New Jersey were first claimed by the Dutch as the <em>Dutch colony of New Netherlands</em>, but were later ruled by the English after the surrender of the Amsterdam fortress in 1664.