Why did James Oglethorpe establish the colony of Georgia?
A) to rehabilitate English paupers B) to provide religious refuge for English Baptists
C) to grant huge land tracts to his friends in court D) to take advantage of cheap slave labor
A
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Which of the following was NOTa major turning point in Japanese history?
a. the start of settled, agricultural society in the 3rd century B.C.E. b. the importation of many Chinese cultural practices in the 7th century C.E. c. the arrival of Islam in the 9th century C.E. d. the encounter with the industrial West in the 19th century C.E.
In May 1869 the nation's first transcontinental railroad was completed, with the last spikes driven in the state of
A. Colorado. B. New Mexico. C. California. D. Utah.
Which of the following explains why England lost the Revolutionary War?
A) The British government did not believe it could win the war. B) British finances could not support the war. C) British strategists did not understand how to fight the war. D) George III never supported the war effort. E) British soldiers sympathized with the Americans.
What did the Allied Reparations Commission determine to be the total due for German reparations after World War I?
A. 2.5 billion marks B. 20.5 billion marks C. 80 billion marks D. 102 billion marks E. 132 billion marks