Could Europeans have colonized the Americas without the assistance of disease causing pathogens?

Sea exploration became important during the late middle ages because europeans most likely wanted to

One of the observations by someone who was present for roosevelt's speech was, "its clarity, logic, and sincerity struck us." quote one example from the text that you would describe as clear, logical, or sincere. explain the language in your chosen quote correctly, and tell why it can be considered clear, logical, or sincere.

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is