In arguing for royal assistance for English colonization, Richard Hakluyt stressed the
A) military advantages of building forts to threaten Spanish treasure fleets.
B) likelihood of settling religious dissenters and criminals in the New World.
C) possibilities of jointly exploiting the New World with Spain.
D) need to prevent Dutch expansion.
A
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a. the federal government invested heavily in business stock b. investors made risky investments with borrowed money c. Too many people invested in the market d. World War I created optimal conditions for an eventual crash
Women in nineteenth-century western mining towns
A. often greatly outnumbered the men.
B. often found work doing domestic tasks.
C. generally worked as miners.
D. had few economic opportunities outside of prostitution.
E. were nearly all single when they first arrived.
Which of the following was the dominant population group in Texas at the time of Mexican independence in 1821?
A. People of mixed race B. Indians indigenous to the area C. Immigrant Anglos D. Hispanics
The strategy of _________ was adopted by the American Antislavery Society in the 1830s as a tactic to persuade whites to act against slavery
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).