It would be "A. A four-sided, tapered monument with a pyramidal tip" that is an example of an obelisk, since this conforms to the definition of the shape itself.
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At the start of the war, France helped by providing supplies to the Continental Army such as gunpowder, cannons, clothing, and shoes. In 1778, France became an official ally of the United States through the Treaty of Alliance. At this point the French became directly involved in the war.
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The Spanish transferred the smallpox disease from themselves to the Aztecs by being around them and the Aztecs didn't have any immunity to the diseases that the Spanish brought over, so 75% of them died from the diseases.
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Answer: it provided 6,400 acres of land for each mile of track laid.
The Pacific Railroad Act was a law which primary objective was to create a transcontinental railroad. To accomplish this, railroads companies were given <em>government bonds</em> as well as <em>grants of land</em> to work with.
Sections 2 and 3 of the Act, established the acquisition of rights of way, to the Company that laid the tracks.
The first one, conceded <em>both the rail itself and 200 ft of public land away from it, for each side.</em> The second one, <em>added 10 square miles to the prior,</em> whenever the rails were not crossing rivers or went through cities.
This was specified in the Act with the <u>following phrase:</u> <em>"five alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side"</em>.
On the other hand, loans from $16000 per mile of flat prairie railroad were authorized up to $48000 when companies worked in a mountain.