Under the Articles of Confederation there was a failed attempt to raise revenue and pressure the British by a(n) A) tariff. B) income tax. C) quitrent. D) foreign property tax. ANSWER A
The Puritans were unique in the seventeenth-century colonies of North America because of their __________. A) religious toleration B) peaceful relations with the Indians C) more equal sex roles D) impressive educational system ANSWER Answer: D
The theory that postulated the sun at the center of the planetary system and the earth moving around it was first put forward by the Hellenistic scientist A) Ptolemy. B) Archimedes. C) Aristarchus. D) Euclid. E) Eratosthenes. ANSWER C