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The correct answer is C) To introduce the reader to a famous American
If the author begins this article with a story of George Washington Carver was because he introduced the reader to a famous American.
George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was an African American inventor and researcher who was a professor of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He was the Director of the Agriculture School in the Institute in 1896 after Booker T. Washing had hired him. He did plenty of research on the use of peanuts to produce many products.
After Jesus, the two most significant figures in Christianity are the apostles Peter and Paul/Saul. Paul, in particular, takes a leading role in spreading the teachings of Jesus to Gentiles (non Jews) in the Roman Empire.
William Lloyd Garrison was an American abolitionist who published a newspaper called The Liberator which was an abolitionist piece of literature and kept on publishing until the end of slavery. Reverend Lovejoy or Elijah Parish Lovejoy was a reverend who published anti-slavery articles in various newspapers. He also started an abolitionist paper called the Alton Observer.
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They were provoked by Union forces
Explanation:
The empresario <span>were American and European leaders who were invited by the Mexican government to bring settlers into Texas to establish colonies. </span>
