The French sent the Italian mariner Giovanni da Verrazano to North America in 1524 in order to __________
A) establish fur trading stations along the St. Lawrence River
B) discover the Northwest Passage leading from the Americas to Asia
C) raid Spanish settlements and treasure ships
D) start plantations to grow cash crops
B
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The agricultural revolution of the Middle Ages started in the __________ century
A) ninth B) tenth C) eleventh D) twelfth
Whose Light and Truth, published in 1836, offered a history of the world which demonstrated black superiority and minimized the presence of whites?
a. Frederick Douglass b. James McCune Smith c. Lunsford Lane d. Robert Benjamin Lewis
Pope Gregory ___________ to establish the church's position on investiture.
A. sent representatives to the kings of Western Europe and the Emperor B. made no serious attempt C. instructed a council of bishops D. issued an edict
Who was the Bostonian who, because he informed on smugglers and defied the nonimportation agreements, became known as the greatest "monster of the times"?
A) Thomas Hutchinson B) Ebenezer Richardson C) Peter Bole D) Benedict Arnold