Answer: mesosaurus
<span>Mesosaurus are early aquatic relative of reptiles, elongated and slim, adapted to shallow brackish water whose skeletons are found in the Early Permian Period (</span>299 million to 271 million years ago). Their fossils were found only<span> in South Africa and Iraver formations of Brazil, the two localities which at present are 4,800 km apart with an ocean in between them. </span>
<span>Because of its being small, it is concluded that the mesosaurs could not have traversed broad stretches of open ocean, giving the evidence that the continents of the Southern Hemisphere were once joined. The distribution of mesosaurs became the first proof of continental drift. </span>
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. Spain declared war on the United States on April 24, 1898, followed by a U.S. declaration of war on the 25th, which was made retroactive to April 21. Spain had readied neither its army nor its navy for a distant war with the formidable power of the United States. George Dewey led a U.S. naval squadron into Manila Bay in the Philippines on May 1, 1898, and destroyed the anchored Spanish fleet in a leisurely morning engagement that cost only seven American seamen wounded. Manila itself was occupied by U.S. troops by August. Spain's General Cervera led his squadron out of Santiago on July 3 and tried to escape westward along the coast. In the ensuing battle all of his ships came under heavy fire from U.S. guns and were beached in a burning or sinking condition. Santiago surrendered to Shafter on July 17, thus effectively ending the war. By the Treaty of Paris (signed Dec. 10, 1898), Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. I hope this helps!
- Checks and Balances is what keeps each branch of the government from obtaining to much power.
-<span> The Executive Branch can veto bills from the Legislative Branch, but the Legislative Branch can override the veto. So, they all keep each other in balance.
- Checks and Balances keeps the other branches in check. Meaning no branch can obtain too much power or more power than the others. They all have an equal amount of power, keeping them and the government in balance.</span>
