In the 1760s, britain imposed a series of taxes on its american colonies. in response, the colonists

congress was not thoroughly prohibiting states from funding religious schools.

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in 1811, he led an expedition, known as the george c. sibley expedition, to improve relations with the pawnee and kansa tribes, and also to locate the rumored jefferson's salt mountain

it foreshadows the theme of the paragraph and hints the topic that will be discussed in the paragraph!