That story is incomplete–by the time Englishmen had begun to establish colonies<span> in earnest, there were plenty of French, Spanish, Dutch and even Russian </span>colonial<span>outposts on the American continent–but the story of those </span>13 colonies<span> (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey</span>
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The correct answer is B. but a decreasing share of Internet users speak English.
Explanation:
According to a 2009 UNESCO report, in 1998 75% of all websites were in English, while by 2005 it was only 45%. Similarly, by 2011, the number of English websites grew 281% over a 10-year period, but this growth was dwarfed by the one experienced by other languages such as Spanish (743%) or Chinese (1,277%). The predominance of English on the early days of the internet can be attributed by the impulse given to it in the United States, which is the first country where the internet became widespread. However, as internet use became more common worldwide, <u>English speakers have increasingly become a smaller share of the total number of internet users.</u> By 2019, English-speaking users represented only around 25% of all users, followed by Chinese speakers (19%) and Spanish speakers (8%).
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.
The declaration of independence included a list of grievances. In one of this, Thomas Jefferson wrote about the abomination that was slavery and condemned it. The Grievance describes slavery as disgraceful, miserable, and as a part of the most disgusting business.
In the Grievance, Jefferson also blames slavery upon King George III. He blames the King for introducing slavery into the Americas. Jefferson wrote: "Those disgraceful practices are the Warfare of the Christian King of Great Britain".
The election of 1860 is your answer. When the south got word of Lincoln’s election a few states started seceding within days. This led to the soon start of the war.
