Did tobacco provide a salvation for the Virginia colony or merely set the stage for future problems? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The cultivation of tobacco provided Virginia economic profits and obliged planters to recruit a reliable supply of cheap labor. Initially, European indentured servants fit the bill. Virginia's steady expansion and encroachment on Indian lands provoked violence between the colonizers and Indians.
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A) force ports open to trade with the Asian interior B) assert enough control to trade freely C) find markets for European manufactured products D) halt the silver drain
President Hoover provided direct financial support to banks, insurance companies, farm mortgage associations, and railroads through the establishment of the __________
A) Reconstruction Finance Corporation B) Emergency Relief Act C) National Industrial Recovery Act D) Works Progress Administration
Alfonso I was the king of this African state and in an effort to stave off the capture and sale of his subjects on the slave markets, he made a poignant appeal to the king of Portugal
a. Ethiopia b. Kongo c. Gambia d. Zimbabwe e. Senegal
"Strict constructionists" believed:
a. Jay's Treaty should be construed or interpreted to put more restrictions on Indians. b. freedom of speech and of the press should be restricted if the president believed that to be necessary. c. the federal government could only exercise powers specifically listed in the Constitution. d. the "general welfare" clause of the Constitution gave the federal government power to create a national bank. e. the creation of new western settlements should be strictly limited in order to avoid Indian wars.