The main reason why Congress worked to keep a balance between the number of slaveholding states and free states is because they wanted to avoid war breaking out between the North and the South. They tried to do this through a series of compromises that ultimately failed.
The European colonization had devastating impact on Native Americans due to environmental changes and the introduction of diseases:
- The introduction of European weapons linked to the popularity of beavers led to overhunting. <u>Overhunting led to the extinction of beavers which affected the ecosystem as a whole. Europeans also brought pigs to the new land that ended up eating the foods deers and other animals depended on leading to scarcity.</u>
- <u>Europeans brought with them diseases (such as smallpox) that the native population were NOT immune to which resulted in a great number of deaths. The high mortality rate of the older population meant the loss of both tradition and knowledge.</u>
When conducting a thesis paper the best option to determine the authors point of view is to create a Venn diagram to show the different ideas the author is trying to show. Using a Venn diagram will show all of the every main idea the author is trying to display in their text and this will show the authors certain point of view.
Answer:
Option: B. Defending Constantinople against invaders
Explanation:
The Eastern Empire (Byzantine Empire) emerge after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire formed its capital as Constantinople. Constantinople remained powerful and wealthy because of the strong military while cities in the Western Roman Empire crumbled. The Byzantine army reconquered the former Roman Empire by capturing territories. The main contribution of the empire was to preserve the Greek language and culture as well as the Romans. The necessity to fight the enemies and invading remained in the army strategy. Byzantine built a strong military, which helped them to rule over Europe and expand its territories. Byzantine Empire ruled most of Eastern and Southern Europe.
