The multiracial Spanish colonial society is best described as a frontier of __________. A) inclusion B) exclusion C) equal opportunity D) dispersion ANSWER Answer: A
One result of the disorder in the colonies following passage of the 1767 Townshend Act was: a. several hundred British troops were shifted from New York to Boston b. petitions from colonial merchants forced Parliament to repeal the laws c. many conservative leaders feared that the turmoil in New England would lead to war d. […]
Who benefited the most from medieval economic expansion in Europe? A) artisans B) peasants C) feudal lords D) the clergy ANSWER Answer: C
__________ played a key role in demonstrating the viability of tobacco cultivation Virginia. A) John Smith B) Richard Hakluyt C) William Brewster D) John Rolfe ANSWER D
Most Huguenots came from __________. A) the urban middle class B) the rural poor C) the upper nobility D) southern Spain ANSWER Answer: A
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were written in opposition to __________. A) Jay’s Treaty B) slavery C) the Alien and Sedition Acts D) war with France ANSWER C
By 1634, which of these groups had been granted the status of “freemen” in Massachusetts, with a right to select delegates to create laws? A) all residents B) male heads of households who were church members C) all adults D) anyone with 1,000 acres of land ANSWER Answer: B
The Hellenistic philosophical school that taught that individuals should accept their fate in life, because free will does not exist, is called A) Skepticism. B) Epicureanism. C) Aristotelianism. D) Stoicism. E) Cynicism. ANSWER D
Connecticut and Rhode Island were both established by __________. A) English proprietors B) religious dissenters migrating out of Massachusetts C) the Dutch D) Quakers ANSWER Answer: B
The famous Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773 was significant because: a. those events demonstrated that all Americans were prepared for independence b. it resulted in great property destruction, causing the English government to overreact c. King George ruled that more English troops must be sent to America d. it showed that British merchants […]