The leaders which were key to the independence movement in South America were b) Simon Bolivar and d) Jose de San Martin. Jose de San Martin "was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire." Simon Bolivar was "a Venezuelan military and political leader who played an instrumental role in the establishment of Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule."
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
The delegates from the coloniez met in 1774 in reaction to coercive a series of measures imposed to the resistance of new taxes.
The Lusitania. It was torpedoed without any warning off the south coast of Ireland. 1,198 out of the 1,959 passengers/crew drowned.
Answer: a central gathering place where leaders conducted elections and posted laws
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