All of the following were characteristics of the original thirteen colonies except
a. Puritans carved tight, pious, and relatively democratic communities in New England.
b. the belief they were a single people with a common destiny, who ought to break from Britain.
c. the southern colonies consisted of large landholders, mostly Anglican, on plantations using slave labor.
d. there were internal conflicts over economic interests, ethnic rivalries, and religious practices.
e. the middle colonies were the most diverse with estates interspersed with modest homesteads.
b
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Despite his Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln continued to:
A) require his generals to return slaves to their owners. B) hold his own slaves in bondage. C) hope for a negotiated settlement with the South. D) advocate some plan of emigration for the freedmen.
The first and longest phase of civilization on the island of Crete, which was associated with the city of Knossos, is known as the
A) Mycenaean period. B) Minoan period. C) Dark Ages. D) Hellenic Era. E) Bronze Era.
The monastic movement offered a way for women to __________
A) become mothers B) acquire wealth C) escape slavery D) avoid marriage
Early Persian history began with the struggle for power and domination when the Medes conquered the Assyrians, who in turn, were defeated by the Persians, who
a. converted to Zoroastrianism. b. established the Achaemenid dynasty. c. captured Cyrus, the king of the Medes, and held him hostage. d. burned the capital, sending the population into slavery. e. made Cyrus, the Mede leader, an important adviser in the Achaemenid court.