Why was it against the law in states in the USA to teach slaves to read or write?

Is the world's largest archipelago and has the fourth largest population of any country. singapore the philippines indonesia malaysia

Which of the following best describes how the maya civilization was governed

Atreaty was signed in 1842 to end the border dispute between the u. s. and britain in maine. which best expresses the end result for britain? *pic* the british lost all the territory in maine the british territory was bigger than that of the u. s. the british territory was smaller than that of the u. s. the british territory was the same size as the u. s. territory