(07.058 LC) How did Washington Irving reflect American life in the early 1800s?

A. He was a fiction writer who used elements from real ife to illustrate his points of view.

B. He was a banjo player whose music was used in many American folk songs.

C. He was a landscape painter who focused on American scenic wonders such as waterfalls

D. He was the author of The Last of the Mohicans, a book that discusses the struggles of Native Americans.

Which statement best summarizes the colonial system belgium created in the congo free state? o a. belgians relied on threats and brutal violence to force natives to work on rubber plantations, o b. belgians encouraged mass immigration from europe to force natives from their lands. o c. belgians improve local economies but stripped natives of their political rights. d. belgians offered natives political equality only if they gave up their traditional beliefs