Executions during the Greek War of Independence<span> were carried out by firing squad, although when the </span>monarchy<span> introduced the Penal Code in 1834, beheading by guillotine became the only mode of execution.</span>[1]<span> In 1847, difficulties in making the guillotine available for every execution</span>[2]<span> made the government establish the firing squad as an alternative mode of execution. Both would be used until the firing squad was established as the only means of execution in 1929 (the last execution by guillotine took place in 1913). Over 3,000 executions took place between 1946 and 1949 during the </span>Greek Civil War.[3]<span> The last execution took place on 25 August 1972, when the 27-year-old Vassilis Lymberis was shot by firing squad for the murder of his wife, mother-in-law and two children on the island of Crete.</span><span>[4]</span>
Answer: Bennett Riley
Explanation:
Bennett Riley was an American Colonel who held the position of military governor in California during a time of conflict with Native Americans as well as a particularly violent gold rush.
Bennett wanted Congress to grant statehood to California so that the new civilian government would have more power in dealing with the lawless gold camps and issues with the Natives.
To this end, he encouraged the elections of delegates so that they would draft a state Constitution and pressure on Congress to grant them statehood.
<span>Developing a writing system using cuneiform.
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