Who is being described in this statement? Filled with remorse about his life of cruel conquest, he converted to Buddhism and sent Buddhist missionaries throughout eastern Asia.

Ashoka

Explanation:

Ashoka, the famous grandson of Chandragupta Maurya. He ruled as an emperor all over the Indian subcontinent around 268 to 232 BCE. He developed the Maurya Dynasty, through cruelty and ruthlessness. However, in an attempt of seeking redemption, having filled with regrets, Ashoka the Great converted to Buddhism and sent Buddhist missionaries throughout eastern Asia.

Hence, in this case, the correct answer is ASHOKA.

1. the townshend acts of 1767 “threaten the country with poverty and ruin.”

at a town meeting held at faneuil hall in boston on october 28, 1767, boston freeholders and residents discussed the implications of the brutal townshend acts levied against the colonists. the townshend acts were a set of four acts passed by the british parliament in the summer of 1767 in order to generate revenue for the crown (through duties on goods such as lead, glass, paper, and tea) as well as exert british control over the increasingly rebellious colonists.

during the oct. 28 meeting, the bostonians found:

the excessive use of foreign superfluities is the chief cause of the present distressed state of this town, as it is thereby drained of its money: which misfortune is likely to be increased by means of the late additional burthens and impositions on the trade of the province, which threaten the country with poverty and ruin.

as a result, the citizens unanimously voted to boycott all british-made goods.