The statement that best explains the reasons for building the Panama Canal across the Isthmus of Panama was to shorten sailing time between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. The correct answer is B.
Answer:
C. After the hurricane of 1900, the city of Galveston removed 8 feet of soil to lower its elevation and protect it from future hurricanes.
Summer in Jamestown, with tropical humidity and oppressively high temperatures, bred mosquitoes and biting flies. And winters, as the settlers soon discovered, were as cold as the summers were hot, But Jamestown colony almost failed because the Virginia Company made a poor choice when they decided where to establish it, and they were unable to successfully work together; the colony was a success because it survived, due to tobacco and the fact that the local Native American tribes were not able to destroy it because they were suffering from starvation and illness brought by the colonists.
As a result of the Texas Revolution<span>, </span>Texas<span> gained independence and eventually became the 28th state in the United States of America. After Mexico was defeated at the Battle of San Jacinto, </span>Texas<span> became an independent territory, but the independent state could not defend itself against future attacks from Mexico.</span>
