Italy had three advantages that made it the birthplace of the Renaissance: thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class, and the classical heritage of Greece and Rome. Overseas trade, spurred by the Crusades, had led to the growth of large city-states in northern Italy. The region also had many sizable towns.
Revolutionary war, quote from patriot general Nathanael Greene. Could not find exact battle but what he meant; fog of the battle, seesaw of British then Continental forces having the upper hand...it was only later in the day long battle he was assured driving off British forces.
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1. Creek 8. Cherokee
2. Florida 9. alphabet
3. Spain 10. newspaper
4. five 11. Osceola
5. tariff 12. west
6. Territory 13. Army
7. Trail of Tears 14. Florida
"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Although the story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains, Irving later admitted,The story's title character is a Dutch-American villager living around the time of the American Revolutionary War.
