The appropriate answer is B. steam boats could travel against the current on a river. This statement means that steam boats could travel upstream. The steam engine in steam boats allowed them to travel upstream possibly against a strong current. Sail boats rely on wind or the downstream flow of the water to move it from one location to the other. The invention of the steamboat revolutionised transportation of goods and people on large navigable rivers.
Answer:
Women and children worked short hours. Working hours were similar to those of today. Workers received frequent holidays. Laborers worked long hours with few holidays.
Explanation:
(Explorer) - Hello, your society is undeveloped, you have no comfort, you do not market goods and you do not know Christ.
(Native) - Our land has everything we need, we live from hunting and harvesting. What else do we need? Thanks for the tools you gave us to hunt, but your presence brought us diseases we did not have, a lot of people are dying.
(Explorer) - Sorry, but it's for a bigger cause. Our priests will save your soul. In return, you must work for us.
