Washington was chosen commander in chief for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a) his dignified presence and ability to inspire confidence.
b) his Virginia background emphasized the continental character of the revolution
which had started in Massachusetts.
c) he was politically moderate.
d) his age gave him the experience to lead and the vigor to stay on the job.
e) he had been at Lexington and Concord, where the first shots were fired.
e
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A) C.L. Pettigrew B) Julian Carr C) Henry Grady D) Thomas Nelson Page
The discovery of skulls from the Natufian culture in the Jordan and upper Euphrates valleys suggests the existence of:
a. Cannibalism. b. Cremation burial practices. c. A new glacial age beginning in 9500 BCE. d. Ancestor worship.
Virginia's 1670 law, which illustrates how religion became an important factor in European thinking about slavery, stipulated that
A. perpetual enslavement of an African who had been baptized before entering the colony could be allowed. B. an African slave who converted could remain a slave. C. a Native American slave who converted could be perpetually enslaved. D. a slave who converted could earn his or her freedom.
Germany suffered far higher casualties among its soldiers on the western front than it did on the Russian front.
a. true b. false