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Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world."
—Hymn sung at the completion of the Battle Monument Concord, July 4, 1837
The claim in Emerson's line is expansive. Can it be true that the shot was heard round the world—when there were no satellites, no television, no radio, no telephone? Let us see.
It then took from five to six weeks for news to cross the Atlantic. (The first regular passenger service between England and the colonies was instituted in 1755.) Thus the news of the "battles" of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, appeared on May 29 in the London press
I am unable to see the exact choices you are supplied with, but frank refers to saying or establishing something sincerely and bluntly.
He made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you."
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The major downfall of the Articles of Confederation was simply weakness. The federal government, under the Articles, was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts
Explanation:
<span>Hoover's response was to keep a balanced federal budget until taxes collapsed because of the depression, making the government insolvent. Any increase in spending was incremental and not beneficial to the industries that had lost business or the people that lost jobs. His dogged reliance on balanced budgets turned a hiccup in the financial markets in 1929 into a huge national depression by 1932.</span>
