The colonies had been fighting with the British for a full fourteen months before declaring independence. What was NOT one of the reasons?
a. Continued belief that America was part of the transatlantic British community
b. Support for the tradition of loyalty to the empire
c. The realization that the colonies were not united
d. Fear of harsh British reprisals against rebels
e. Desire to trade with the British colony of India
e
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The coffee shops that popped up in late-seventeenth-century London were__________
A) a sign of England's growing colonial power and global reach B) unconnected to larger global trends C) a product of the agitation of the nobility D) also common in the English countryside
Although Parliament, in an attempt to protect the wool industry, placed a high tariff on Indian cotton goods, British entrepreneurs found a way around this by
a. shipping Indian cotton to other ports and then shipping it to England. b. importing raw cotton. c. developing factories in India. d. buying cotton goods from China. e. buying raw cotton from Mexico.
The Whig Party turned against President John Tyler because?:
a) he was felt to be ineffective in pushing the Whig agenda through Congress. b) he spoke out in favor of the annexation of Texas. c) he opposed the entire Whig legislative program. d)he criticized Henry Clay's handling of the Nullification Crisis. e) he aggressively favored the expansion of slavery.
Which northern state emancipated slavery so gradually that most slaves living in the North after 1830 lived there, and even as late as 1860 a handful of elderly black “lifetime indentured servants” remained there?
a. New York b. Pennsylvania c. New Jersey d. Delaware