Should the us raise taxes on the rich?

What would lead a historian to consider two events to have a relationship of correlation rather than causation?

Business people who received land grants to recruit new settlers to the area were known by what term

Washington said that the united states would be "friendly and impartial" in regard to foreign conflict. what was his reason behind this statement? a jefferson and washington had determined the u.s. was too weak to wage war. b the u.s. had a treaty with both england and france, and was thus required to remain neutral. c france asked for the united states to stay out of the war, due to trade relationships. d a special envoy from england asked for strict neutrality on behalf of the united states.