The american revolution was precipitated , in part , by a series of laws passed, for the british government and served to increase the taxes paid by the colonists .
Geoffrey of Monmouth, bishop of St. Aspah (1100-1154), is credited with spreading a long-held belief that relates the megalithic monument to Merlin, the famous magician friend, and protector of King Arthur. He says that Stonehenge stones were brought from Ireland to the plains of Wiltshire with the help of some 'artifacts' to commemorate a mass burial of Bretons.
This Welsh Cleric relates this magnificent Stonehenge monument to the most famous druid/wizard, Merlin, and King Arthur. The legends speak even of the king's father, Uther Pendragon.
In one of his works Geoffrey of Monmouth, tells that the magician Merlin advised King Arthur to move from Killaraus, Ireland, the stone monument known as "the circle of giants" to its current location. The idea was to honor for eternity the memory of 460 noblemen killed by the Saxons and buried in the place. The envoys of the king could not dismantle the monument and it had to be Merlin himself who, magically, moved the stones to where they are today keeping its form.
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For the finches, body size and the size and shape of their beaks are traits that vary in adapting to environmental niches or changes in those niches. ... Under these drastically changing conditions, the struggle to survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard seeds.They started out with beaks good for seeds then went off into leaves, insects, fruit, and grubs. All finches adapted to their island and brought up the reproduction rate since they weren't all fighting for the same food. ... The finches beaks adapted to the food source which was favored by natural selection
