The Canterbury Tales was a popular book of the period because it c) was written in easy-to-understand language. This was because it was written in Vernacular English language, at a time where most tales were written in Latin, French or Italian. Chaucer at his time was part of the time of this trend where English-language stories were taking off.
<span>French Territory West of the Mississippi River (to Include Missouri) was ceded to Spain. Subsequently, in 1800 this same area was ceded back to France who subsequently sold this as the Louisiana Purchase to the United States.</span>
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C. They led to a greater divide between rich and poor.
Although the North and the South disagreed on all these things at some point, it was primary the disagreement over the spread of slavery that defined this era in the US.
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