Answer:
Commodus killed Maximus's wife and son, who is seeking for revenge.
Explanation:
Movie <em>Gladiator </em>is partially based on historical story about Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus who inherited the throne of Roman Empire, which eventually led to its decline. Commodus is shown as an incompetent leader, while general Maximus is according to Aurelius the only one who can preserve the unity of the Empire. Aurelius died and Commodus wanted to remove Maximus as he was afraid that Maximus will inherit the throne. Commodus failed to kill him, but instead ordered his family to be killed. Devastated, Maximus is searching only for one thing - revenge, which he at the end accomplished.
Answer:
Option B.
Explanation:
They were pleased because Americans had won their independence without having to abolish slavery on a national level, is the right answer.
The American Revolutionary War began in the year 1775 and came to an end in 1783. It was due to this war that the Thirteen Colonies in America got their independence from Great Britain, thus it is also called the American Revolutionary War.
Saint-Domingue was a colony of France on the Caribbean archipelago of Hispaniola in the years between 1659 to 1804. Since the economy of this colony was based on cash crop agriculture, the white elites in Saint Domingue felt satisfied because Americans had gained their independence without abolishing slavery on a federal level. They were happy due to the fact that they could carry on their work of plantation with the help of slaves.
South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana
Answer: In this matter-of-fact telegram, Wilbur and Orville Wright unceremoniously announced to their family a stunning achievement--the world's first controlled powered flight. They awoke on December 17, 1903, to freezing temperatures, rain puddles covered in ice, and winds up to 27 mph. Although the winds had not diminished by 10:00 a.m., the brothers decided not to wait any longer to test their flying machine. The unsteady, 12-second, 120-foot flight that followed effectively launched the aviation age.
Explanation:
The populists party ideology resonated with the problems that farmers were facing at the time. Farmers were having problem with money supply as a results of bank inexpedience, and railroads or transportation problems. Crop failure was also affecting the farmers. The populist party agenda included <span>Increased
money supply, a rise in prices, federal loans plans, 8 hour work day,
restrictions on immigration, secret ballots, single term for VP, and
election of senators by popular vote. some of these issues were at the heart of the farmers.
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