The correct answer is An article in the textbook that describes his expedition.
Hudson was an English navigator and explorer. It became noticed from 1607, but disappeared only four years later in tragic circumstances.
Little is known about his career in the previous period, but in the last years of his life he made four attempts to discover a shorter sea route to the East, sailing through the North.
In 1607, Hudson was hired by an English financial group. Sailing north, between Greenland and Spitzberg, he sought access to the East in the vicinity of the North Pole. An impassable ice barrier forced him to withdraw, however, when he was only 10º from the Pole.
In 1608, another failed attempt (followed a route along the northern coast of Asia).
Which statement best describes recent voter trends in the United States?
- According to the recent voters trend in the United States , the majority of Cuban American families mostly vote Republican.
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After the War of 1812, the first expansionist goal of the republic was the acquisition of Canada.
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Most of the American soldiers had not been paid in months and many of the promised pensions never came.
The American revoluntionary war was fought by a lot of paid militias who were being paid a good salary.
Once the war was coming to a close, these soldiers were not paid on time and many of the injured and veterans never got the pension funds they were promised.
Eventually, this was creating unease among the soldiers. There were even talks of a coup d'etat against the United States Congress. The event is also known as the Newburgh Conspiracy.
George Washington personally stepped in to ensure that the young democracy was derailed. He gave an emotional speech on the importance of the congress and eventually reached a settlement where paid some of the unsettled salaries and instead of offering half-pay pensions, settled on paying full salary for 5 years.
