This is false. Like most European countries, France was most interested in the import and trade of things like tobacco and sugar.
1.) It is true that Herman Cortez was a Spanish conquistador responsible for seizing the Aztec empire in the 16th century.
2.) It is true that the rivers of the Lowlands were important to the Maya for the transportation of people and materials.
The important advancement that was made by the Maya was the astrolabe. They used a 260 day calendar. The correct answer is D.
When President George Washington said that "the very idea of the power and right of the people..." he was saying that civic duty requires obedience by the people regarding the government.