What new weapon caused the loss of life on boats

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

c. more people could read and interpret the bible for themselves

bipartisan basally means two groups of people who dont agree with each other (republican and democrat) make an agreement or work with each other