"By the 1780s, France's once prosperous economy was in decline. This caused alarm, particularly among the merchants, factory owners, and bankers of the Third Estate. On the surface, the economy appeared to be
sound, because both production and trade were expanding rapidly. However, the heavy burden of taxes mad
it almost impossible to conduct business profitably within France."
In ten words or less, what is the main idea of the first four sentences of this paragraph?

an unexpected salary cut

world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

explanation:

(1) university of virginia: its a colonial heritage was founded in 1819 by declaration of independence author and former president thomas -charlottesville, virginia, united

(2) yellowstone national park is an american national park located in wyoming,montana and idaho and is a colonial heritage site.it was established by us congress and signed into law by president ulysses g grant on march 1,1872.yellowstone is usa's and world's first national park and a heritage site.the park is also known for its wildlife and its geothermal geysers.

(3) yosemite national park: : : colonial heritage site in north in western sierra nevada of central was designated a world heritage site in 1984..it is famous for its granite cliffs,waterfalls,clear streams,giant sequoia groves,lakes,mountains,glaciers and biological

(4) grand canyon national park: : colonial heritage site in north in north western arizona and is 15th site declared as national park..the park's central feature is the grand canyon, a gorge of the colorado river,which is also considered one of the wonders of the world.the park covers 1217262 acres.the grand canyon was designated a world heritage site in by unesco in 1979.

(5) taos pueblo

(6) redwood national park

(7) cahokia mounds

(8) wrangell-st. elias national park

(9) glacier bay national park

(10) kluane national park

(11) tatshenshini-alsek provincial park

(12) mammoth cave national park

(13) olympic national park

(14) great smoky mountains national park

(15) quebec city

(16) everglades national park

(17) lunenburg, nova scotia

(18) glacier national park

(19)chichen itza

early greek culture has had an important impact on government and education. first of all, they established the democratic political systems and procedures we have today. consequently, we inherited trial by jury for example. considering education, greek philosphers, mathematicians set he intellectual basis of different areas of studies. in addition, the alphabet originated from the phoenician alphabet into the one we have today and the first library was built in egypt. moreover, greek culture has an impact in current art, architecture and sports disciplines.