At the core of free-labor ideology was the belief that
a. social mobility awaited those industrious laborers who worked hard and efficiently.
b. laborers who worked for free earned merits and future promotion from employers.
c. independent yeoman farmers formed the backbone of society.
d. commerce bred greed and selfishness and should be avoided.
e. all industries should be publicly owned.
a
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A) Guadelupe B) Georgia C) Cuba D) Florida
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What role did the "Protestant Wind" play in English history?
a. It enabled Sir Gilbert Humphrey to sail to Newfoundland and start a Protestant colony there. b. It aided Oliver Cromwell in his campaigns to suppress the Catholic Irish. c. It described the growing desire of English explorers to cross the Atlantic in the early 1500s. d. It helped defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588 and pave the way for English dominance of the seas. e. It helped Elizabeth I triumph over her Catholic enemies and claim the English throne.
The new venues for disseminating science and enlightenment works included all of the following except
a. salons. b. coffeehouses. c. novels. d. Masonic lodges. e. guilds.