Which reason best explains why the british took control of new amsterdam? a. they wanted the wealth that came from trade. b. they feared conflict with the dutch over trade routes. c. they wanted to expand their religious influence in america. d. they wanted peter stuyvesant to remain as governor.

Which group had an easier time adapting to american life because of similar backgrounds?

If you heat soup on a stove, what happens to the movement of the soup's particles? a. the particles move slower. b. the particles move faster. c. there's no change in the speed of particles. d. the particles stop moving.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?