How did spanish explorers find a route across the pacific ocean?

What was the purpose for "checks and balances" in the government? it made possible a system of accountability. it would control the national bank. it would the states to work together to solve national problems.

The second continental congress: a. made provisions for a continental army with george washington as commander-in-chief b. adopted a “declaration of causes of necessity of taking up arms” c. endorsed the olive branch petition d. all of the above

Following archduke franz ferdinand's assassination, austro-hungarian leaders: a. aided the ottoman empire in its campaign to keep serbia under its control. b. executed nearly all prominent serbs living in austria-hungary c. threatened to invade serbia if serb leaders did not agree to a set of strict demands. d.. formed an alliance with great britain to protect austria-hungary from future attacks.