I am pretty sure the answer is bottom one, and the second one!
Britain became uber poor and started try to tax the USA even more even though they had already lost.
Answer: False
In Columbus's time, everyone thought the Earth was flat, and if you went to the end of Earth you would fall off from Earth and die. But, they did bot know that the Earth was actually round.
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1a. Andes Mountain B. pamps