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What happened as a result of olympia’s growing population? new stores, hotels, and businesses thrived. major conflicts emerged over food and housing. fewer jobs were available to new settlers. the government created washington territory.

Use the passage to answer the question. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . . –the declaration of independence which enlightenment thinker most directly influenced the notion expressed in this passage? thomas hobbes baron de montesquieu jacques bossuet john locke

What was the historic border between the united states and mexico?