One of the earliest and staunchest advocates of English colonization efforts in America was [BLANK-1]. This person wrote Discourse on Western Planting in 1584 where they amassed the supposed religious, moral, and exceptional economic benefits of colonization.
Read DetailsWomen were also involved in the American Revolution, though they were not allowed to officially fight for the Continental Army of militias. One such case was [BLANK-1], the wife of a Connecticut militia leader. As her hometown was attacked, she calmly evacuated her household and when her husband was captured by loyalists, she wrote letters for his release. When those attempts failed, she spearheaded an effort to capture a prominent Tory leader to exchange for her husband’s freedom.
Read DetailsComprised of Essex County’s business and political elites, [BLANK-1] were a close-knit group who were often related to each other by marriage or business partnerships. For this group, the witch scare of 1692 may have come as somewhat of a relief; these elites had been linked to a number of military failures during the Indian Wars and the presence of a large coven of witches in Essex County allowed this group to blame demonic influence for the fiascoes rather than their own failings or incompetence.
Read DetailsInstructions: Combine one prefix, one root, and one suffix from the selection below to form a correct medical term. Then define it. Prefixes: brady-, inter-, hypo-, hyper-Roots: my/o, cardi/o, therm/o, neur/oSuffixes: -itis, -megaly, -algia, -ic Example: an-, ech/o, -ic = anechoic > produces no echoes and therefore appears black
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