Which of the following statements best describes the effect of white settlement on native americans in the west? a.) native americans thrives by trading with white settlers. b.) native americans successfully fought for and held onto their lands in the great plains. c.) native americans were defeated and contained to ever smaller areas of land. d.) native americans moved south mexico where they were given land .

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion

to keep us neatruel and not get involved in any wars

he assumed control of treaty negotiations with a hostile power