In short, the founding fathers helped unleash democratic and egalitarian forces that would put an end to "many of their enlightened hopes and their kind of elitist leadership." They "succeeded in preventing any duplication of themselves."
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This is a variation, of course, on the central argument laid out in Mr. Wood's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1992 book, "The Radicalism of the American Revolution": namely, that the Revolution helped smother the patronage, paternalism and hierarchical relationships of the 18th century and usher in a new, democratic, capitalistic world; that it undermined the whole idea of aristocracy and elitist virtue and helped bring about a new society defined by the common man.
Answer:
C. The Aztecs shifted from hunting to farming.
Explanation:
The Aztecs were a group of people dependent mostly on nature and moving from one place to another in search of food. This hunting-gathering practice stopped when they had to escape to the swampy island of Tenochtitlan in Lake Texcoco.
The nomadic life of the Aztec people changed when they had to settle on that swampy island. Instead of the usual hunting, they learned how to cultivate and farm crops, building causeways to get to the mainland. Most specifically, the creation of the settlement helped the Aztec people to shift from hunting to farming.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.
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- The Vikings’ mythology, craftsmanship, literature, and seafaring skills became a part of the European inheritance.
<u><em>Explanation:</em></u>
Vikings changed the historical backdrop of Ireland, England, Russia, and other European nations. They set up new domains in Iceland, Greenland and incidentally, North America. From A.D. 793 to 1066, Vikings assaulted, exchanged, tested, vanquished and settled in numerous territories.
the four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
