The Republican party was strengthened.
On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia (which was fighting<span> a Native-American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies) met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's </span>Coercive Acts<span>.</span>
Out of the following choices, Lake Victoria is where the Nile River originates from.
Answer:
D). He was the first African American to hold an elective office.
Explanation:
The last statement among the given options asserts a false claim regarding Benjamin Banneker as it wrongly states that 'he was the first African American to hold an elective office.' He was a free black author, farmer, astronomer, scientist, and mathematician. He 'was the son a prior slave' who surely published distinct scientific papers on varied subjects and also assisted in surveying the nation's capital but he was not the first one to be involved in holding an elective office. Thus, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.
