The most valuable resource exploited by the colonists of New France was
a. fish
b. gold
c. timber
d. cattle
e. furs
Ans: e. furs
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A. creating a favorable balance of trade. B. establishing laissez-faire policies in the colonies. C. buying as many raw materials as possible from other countries. D. exempting wealthy merchants from taxes.
The postwar boom in the range cattle industry began in which of the following?
a. Kansas b. western Missouri c. southern Texas d. eastern Oklahoma e. Nebraska
The Protestant Reformation
A. was resisted in England. B. began as a controversy over Spanish domination of the Americas. C. rejected centuries of accumulated religious tradition. D. united the northern and southern countries of Western Europe.
The end of the Taiping in 1864 came about when
a. Hong was taken prisoner by the French at Nanjing. b. the imperial army defeated them at Nanjing. c. the French and British came to the aid of the Qing dynasty. d. the imperial emperor negotiated a treaty with Hong. e. 200,000 Taiping surrendered after the death of Hong.