Why were families encouraged to settle beyond the new amsterdam area? to promote more fur trade in the region to expand into agricultural pursuits to work in the cities and fight the foreign aggressors to respect the boundaries of the native americans

Which line from extremely loud and incredibly close reveals a melancholy tone? as for the bracelet mom wore to the funeral, what i did was i converted dad’s last voice message into morse code, and i used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters . . she said it was the best gift she’d ever received. i asked her if it was better than the edible tsunami, from when i was interested in edible meteorological events. she said, “different.” i wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing scrabble yet. or looking in the mirror. or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. it wasn’t fair to dad, and it wasn’t fair to me. i made her other morse code jewelry with dad’s messages—a necklace, an anklet, some dangly earrings, a tiara—but the bracelet was definitely the most beautiful, probably because it was the last, which made it the most precious.

Did the west show signs of cultural decline in the 20th century?

The information box says that the han added 4,000 miles of wall.refer to the mileage scale.how can this be true?