Prime Minister George Grenville and Parliament passed the Sugar Act in order to __________
A) tax sugar and other goods imported to the colonies
B) raise duties on molasses
C) reduce penalties for smuggling
D) subject violators of this act to trials by jury
A
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A) True B) False
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A) elementary training B) high school training C) college training D) no training E) domestic training
British women received the vote primarily because of
a. the violent tactics of Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragettes. b. their contributions to the war effort in World War I. c. the lobbying efforts of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. d. the cooperation of the Liberal government under Herbert Asquith.
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A) ?it did so when U.S. policy makers feared that Germany would take over the port of Móle Saint Nicholas. B) ?the United States took control of Haiti's finances. C) ?the United States forced the election of a pro-U.S. president who instituted policies such as racial segregation and forced labor. D) ?the United States occupied the nation until 1934. E) ?All of these are correct.