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What inspired the creation of European Opera?

“The Sunjata Story” is about Sunjata, a historical figure who rose to the throne and united the Mali Empire. 

Notes on the State of Virginia argues that America will someday reap the negative consequences of allowing slavery to exist.

Natty Bumppo, the first hero of American novels, was a sailor.

“On the Religion of Nature” suggests that America should return to its Puritan roots.

“The Author to Her Book” expresses the author’s pride in the quality of her poetry.

Which of the following is NOT true about Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography?

Polly Baker is in court because she has promised to marry five different men, has cheated them out of their money, and has been unfaithful to all of them.

In New England, more than three hundred people were tried for this crime during the first century of settlement; some of them were found guilty and executed (typically, they were hanged).

John Smith and Pocahontas got married, which led to peace between the colonists and Native Americans until Pocahontas mysteriously died.