It's because Mercury, the planet, travels around the sun the fastest and has the shortest year. Hope this helps. :)
Date: June 21, 1861
Commander (Confederate):
P. G. T. Beauregard
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
<span>Joseph E. Johnston
Commander (Union):
Winfield Scott
Irvin McDowell
Robert Patterson
Amount of people killed & wounded: ~4500
State that it was fought in: North of Manassas, Virginia
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Answer: Europeans started exploring because they wanted spices, wealth, gold, expand trade routes and change of religion. These men were willing to risk there lives in order to get spices and gain wealth. The main reason that they went out to explore was for spices because they were so valuable
Explanation:
Not much but cause 911 im just kidding