Which of the following was the reason that John Hancock, the Anti-Federalist leader, changed his stance on the Constitution?
A) The inclusion in the Constitution of the three-fifths clause, which allowed southerners to include three-fifths of their slave population for both representation and the apportionment of federal taxes.
B) Benjamin Franklin conceded to the larger states the power to have all funding bills originate in the lower house.
C) The Convention granted the Congress the power to admit new states to the nation.
D) The Federalists agreed that the insertion of a Bill of Rights into the Constitution would be the first order of business for the new federal government.
E) The framers of the Constitution included the Supremacy Clause, which made the Constitution supreme over state laws in all legal matters.
D
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Süleyman's religious actions included
a. rebuilding Christian churches. b. sponsoring court debates between religious leaders to create tolerance. c. forcibly suppressing peasants who revered ancient deities. d. building mosques and Islamic religious schools. e. inviting both the pope and patriarch to his court.
Which of the following describes the cities along the shores of the eastern Mediterranean in the Late Bronze Age?
A) autonomous trading centers B) strong imperial states C) self-sufficient walled fortresses D) isolated farming communities
Which of the following states acquired overseas empires in addition to building stronger central governments?
A. the Netherlands B. Spain C. France D. All these answers are correct.
What did the Portuguese hope to achieve by opening a sea-route to India?
A) the freedom of the seas B) the breaking of the Islamic stranglehold on trade C) the conquest of India D) to thwart the Spanish E) to become a world power