As part of their settlement of Manhattan, the Dutch purportedly purchased the island from the Native Americans for trade goods worth 60 guilders. More than two centuries later, using then-current exchange rates, a U.S. historian calculated that amount as $24, and the number stuck in the public’s mind. Yet it’s not as if the Dutch handed over a “$20 bill and four ones,” explained Charles T. Gehring, director of the New Netherland Research Center at the New York State Library. “It’s a totally inaccurate figure.” He pointed out that the trade goods, such as iron kettles and axes, were invaluable to the Native Americans since they couldn’t produce those things themselves. Moreover, the Native Americans had a completely different concept of land ownership. As a result, they almost certainly believed they were renting out Manhattan for temporary use, not giving it away forever. Due in part to such cultural misunderstandings, the Dutch repeatedly found themselves at odds with various Native American tribes, most notably in the brutal Kieft’s War of the 1640s. “The Dutch were instructed by their authorities to be fair and honest with the Indians,” said Firth Haring Fabend, author of “New Netherland in a Nutshell.” “But you can’t say they were much better [than the other European nations colonizing the Americas.] They were all terrible.”
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Answer:
B, C, D, E, A
Explanation:
1. The Third Punic War (The third Punic war was known as the last of the Punic Wars and occurred between 149-146 BCE)
2. Tiberius Gracchus is assassinated for trying to establish land reform (Tiberius was assassinated in June 133 BCE for trying to help poor farmers to establish land reforms. He was killed in the riot that resulted)
3. Gaius Marius reforms the Army (This reform was known to be implemented in 107 BCE by Gaius Marius)
4. The revolt of Spartacus and his fellow slaves (Spartacus and his fellow slaves revolted in 73-71 BCE and remains the most successful revolt from slaves in Rome's history)
5. Julius Caesar becomes dictator (Caesar was first appointed dictator in 49 BCE, with the aim of presiding over elections. He resigned after 11 days)
Culture does influence one's lives in many ways. It does come from the people before us usually our ancestors and this then is being pass on from generation to generation thus one cannot escape culture as it is already part of people's lives.
Answer: The correct answer is A.
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