Cyril passed away unexpectedly, leaving no will. His wife and two kids were very distraught, and at the funeral, the family got together with his only other living relative—a cousin—and friends for the first time in years. Now that Cyril’s “bought the farm,” his wife is wondering who will get the farm that she and her children live on but that Cyril inherited before he married her. According to the laws of intestacy, can you figure out who will get the land?

Essay: both benedict arnold and alexander hamilton were ambitious men who took great risks as leaders in the american revolution. write an essay in which you discuss the impact that the ambitions of individuals had on the birth of the united states. remember to use textual evidence from both written sources to support your argument.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

In the modern world, many countries with kings or queens have evolved into constitutional democracies. in these countries, monarchs are mostly