Why did colonial america adopt only part of the english legal system?

Why did jefferson make the louisiana purchase?

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. —"the gettysburg address," abraham lincoln which quotation correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten lincoln’s words?

Which lake receives up to 9 million visitors each year, covers more than 90,000 acres, and was created by denison dam? a. the grand lake o' the cherokees b. lake thunderbird c. lake eufaula d. lake texoma