The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
December 25, 1776 General Washington sent troops across the Delaware River into new Jersey to attack unsuspecting British troops and Hessian soldiers, they took over 1000 Hessian as prisoners. This was a big turning point of the American Revolution. It made the American people have more pride and trust that the war was going to get better.
A. it became a source of conflict once texas became a part of the united states
One of the ways in which the Crusades brought about the end of the Dark Ages in Europe was that they (by accident) opened up a variety of new trade routes, which led to increased travel and cultural diffusion. This was thought to be the "spark in the dark" as the Enlightenment.
"The Bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read with Loads of Learned Lumber in his Head" is an example of an oxymoron. Especially the part when he says ignorantly read.
An oxymoron means that you are coupling two words or phrases that are so opposite it is absurd to pair them.
