How do historians use evidence to learn about the past? choose all that apply.

they analyze the carbon-14 of evidence.

they excavate the sources of evidence.

they assess the reliability of evidence.

they propose the meaning of evidence.

Evidence means something that is clear, prominent, that is visible to all. In science the evidence consists of everything that can be used to prove that a particular hypothesis is true or to rule it out.

History is a social science, it aims to understand the past and the tools at its disposal are objects, relics, fossils, but mainly, documents. To use a document as evidence, one must excave the sources of evidence and analize the reliability of evidence. In some contests the evidence requires interpretations, so historians eventually also propose the meaning of the evidence.

they died because of a disease during the first spanish colonies.

the right answer is the third one: turnpikes went short distances to connect markets. turnpikes, also known as toll roads, were very important for trade and transportation (of people, goods and products) in the 19th century, coinciding with the expansion towards the west. they contributed significantly to the economic development of the united states.